This is ridiculous. It’s taken me a long time to switch to DuckDuckGo because when I get comfortable with something, it’s really difficult for me to switch, but if they’re going to totally change it (even if it appears to only be for certain search terms now), this is the last straw.
To make it worse, this is a re-search. The first time I searched the term, it asked me if I wanted an AI definition at the top of the page.
No, I want a fucking Wikipedia link. I realize it’s on the page, but come on.
This is the same search on DuckDuckGo:
I honestly do not see what you’re upset about, both search engines look like they did well here.
I hate all the unnecessary clutter. It’s needless. It wasn’t that way once.
Thats just how it is. You hate unnecessary clutter. So use duckduckgo. And google users may not want to open wikipedia they might simply want the single sentence defenition shown.
Also there is nothing infuriating about this
I hate all the unnecessary clutter.
FYI, I use an adblocker to strategically remove annoying elements of a page (most will have a “click to remove” feature). You can probably do the same in whatever search you use, but I find it particularly useful on sites like Amazon or news sites.
This seems to be one of the rare times these days that google actually does a pretty good job getting you the result you seek for without clutter and ads.
Also, use bangs to search on a specific site. If I want to search for an article on Wikipedia, I just type in "w ". d for DuckDuckGo, g for Google, b for Bing etc. I default to Brave primarily and DuckDuckGo secondarily.
No, I want a fucking Wikipedia link.
Add “Wikipedia” to your search term, then.
It’s worth noting that Wikipedia has recently gotten down-ranked in Google’s search results. It’s rare to be the first result anymore, so just add that to your search terms.
Or, alternatively, just go to Wikipedia and search directly on there. Remove the middleman if you already know what your final destination is going to be.
Because Google doesn’t want to to leave Google. Putting Wikipedia at the top encouraged people to click away
So Google is now trying to deincentivize using the service they’re providing.
Although I think duckduckgo did a better job, I still don’t understand what is infuriating about this one. Google Search just wants to priorize showing you an excerpt from what you are looking for in case you are looking for a definition.
These results seem pretty much the same to me?
