"One of the reasons I got fed up with Google was the constant link spam in it from the content mills like Demand Media."
Exactly. Half of the results for most Google searches I do are mostly garbage. DDG consistently returns far higher quality results than Google for me.
The litany of pro-Google posts in this thread really make me wonder if there are conflicts of interest the posters aren't disclosing (ie. how many of them work at Google?)
(Since I brought it up - in the interest of disclosure I'll say that I have no financial interest in or association with any search engine or web site.. or any company whatsoever, to be honest)
Or you know, the fact that it's the most popular and widely visited website in the world.
I don't work at Google in case you're wondering. But you say you have no financial interest in DDG which makes me wonder if there are interests you do have in them that you aren't disclosing.
The only interest I have in DDG is that of a satisfied user.
I bet that's not the case for a lot of the other people commenting here on Google. More than a few of them are probably Google employees and/or have some other financial interest in Google and aren't disclosing it.
"I don't work at Google in case you're wondering."
Working at Google is not the only way you could have a financial interest in them.
Exactly. Half of the results for most Google searches I do are mostly garbage. DDG consistently returns far higher quality results than Google for me.
The litany of pro-Google posts in this thread really make me wonder if there are conflicts of interest the posters aren't disclosing (ie. how many of them work at Google?)
(Since I brought it up - in the interest of disclosure I'll say that I have no financial interest in or association with any search engine or web site.. or any company whatsoever, to be honest)