(Sep 6, 2019 01:40 AM)ririki Wrote:  Tbh, I only use google while trying to search for something over on Hackforums.

Duckduckgo hasn’t the best results, google serves me with better results..

(Sep 6, 2019 01:57 AM)Burnham Wrote:  Yes, that happens because google has the highest search volume so they have more data about what's relevant and what's not. I think that for some common topics google is better but for controversial topics duckduckgo is better.

For me the best thing would be to find a site like polycola.com or searchboth.net but with more options.

(Sep 6, 2019 01:26 AM)Cooligan Wrote:  Oh Google is 100% without a doubt bias with their search results.

Back during the 2016 elections when the whole Hillary Clinton email scandal came out, when you went to go and Google her name NOTHING would come up for search suggestions. Like you said, only politically correct links and news sites really (that were mostly democratic), and just an overall VERY bias search result. Even if you were to type in "Hillary Clinton scandal" or "Hillary email" not a single search suggestion would compliment what you're actually trying to search for, it was almost like Google was doing everything in their power to keep you from seeing anything negative about her at that time.

I notice it's still the same with certain searches. I notice that they are really protecting any public figures interest.

Everyone has heard of the recent Dave Chapelle controversies surrounding his Netflix comedy special; Sticks and Stones

Now, when typing his name in on Google of course you'll get the promotional result for his current project:
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Now let's add a few letters to see if the search suggestions will give us what we're OBVIOUSLY trying to type in:
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Hmm, that's odd, the word "controversy" doesn't want to come up.. Maybe that's because I only put 3 letters! Let's try:
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EHH, wrong again. Not even putting the majority of the word "controversy" as "controve" gives you the search suggestion. Not even when putting the WHOLE word in will it give you a suggestion, it just goes away completely as seen above. HOWEVER, what is the FIRST search result when typing in "Dave Chapelle controversy"? Oh wow! A link with the literal word "Controversy" starting the article. It's even CNN!:
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Not even when the FIRST search result includes the word will they allow anyone to have a bad public image. I'm not sure what reasoning Google has behind this, however all I know is that it shouldn't be that way. The internet is a free place to search and find non-bias opinions, especially on search engines right? Not according to Google, they want to control and limit your searches to what they feel is okay and "safe" for viewers. Crazy.