The Verge published this spam article about the “best printers of 2024” to demonstrate how terrible Google’s search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search “best printer” on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

  • Pxtl@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Except there isn’t much of a Google stealing their thunder. Bing isn’t better. DDG isn’t better.

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        6 months ago

        I’m almost convinced that Kagi comments on Lemmy are spam. Please prove me wrong:

        Has anyone here tried Kagi because of a recommendation from here and, well, actually found it better than the rest?

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          6 months ago

          I use it, but to be honest I did not do a comprehensive comparison. I like it mostly for the fine grained website control. For work and some personal stuff I often look for code and can push websites like GitHub to appear more often. Or I can block Pinterest in my search results. I tried to do this in SearXNG, but this was too much of a hassle so in a way I pay kagi for convenience. I recently got a new job and will evaluate in the coming months if it is still worth the money, but right now I am satisfied. Nobody else I know would pay for a search engine, so I can understand the stance, but I am really fed up with all the advertising and enshitification so I thought why not give it a try. And yes, because it was recommended here.