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:
God forbid I Google for information about anything that may be a product for sale, because all I’ll get is shopping links. It’s super annoying.
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.
FYI Duckduckgo has a lite version. Bare bones. Just search results. lite.duckduckgo.com
Qwant’s lite version is better imo. Just as fast but much more functional
