search engines: 0 for 2 today

[raddevus]

I use DuckDuckGo exclusively and it is down right now (since 4:21am Eastern) -- see image of their tweet[^] or see the actual tweet at: x.com[^] I also just tried to do an Image search from Edge and got this error from Bing[^]. What's up with Search Engines?

[Richard Deeming]

raddevus wrote:

What's up with Search Engines?

In general terms? Too many ads, too much AI-generated BS, and too much keyword-stuffing SEO-optimised crap filling the first page(s) of results for them to be much use any more. :sigh: At least DDG doesn't suffer too much from the first two.

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[Maximilien]

[Let me google that for you](https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=What's+up+with+Search+Engines) :rolleyes:

CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair

[enhzflep]

Haha, that brings back fun memories. :thumbsup:

[raddevus]

Very interesting. Looks like the problem with DuckDuckGo was actually related to Bing. The Brave browser tweeted this (image of tweet)[^]. Was actually a Bing API issue.

[Jeremy Falcon]

I'm sure Bing was spying on the fact you used DuckDuckGo and told you to piss off. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Jeremy Falcon