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@jellycrystals@universeodon.com · Mar 14, 2026

In case people are suffering from search engines giving them crap results, just thought I would remind/introduce you to Boolean searching. I have used it since the 90s (was taught at high school) and always use it.

Free lesson 1

  • and - symbols Any word you type in a search bar is looked for. The fewer words you use, the better. Adding these symbols force the results to only show pages with/without those terms.

E.g. tutorial switch +2026 Should bring up any site with either first 2 words but they must include 2026

E.g. longlasting lipstick -revlon Should bring up any site with the first 2 words but nothing featuring revlon

#boolean #BooleanSearching #ReduceSlop #WebSearch #FreeHelp #PSA

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@ottaross@mastodon.social · Jan 16, 2026
You prob know this already, but if you duck-search, you can go to a slightly different entry point at https://noai.duckduckgo.com to do web searches without AI slop dumping on you. I see they've dressed up the landing page there! Now more obviously non-AI. I mean, it's a selling feature, so yeah, go to town guys. (if you still google things, consider the duck search! it's worked well for me for years, and the non-ai version is a nice step forward). #InternetSearch #degoogle #websearch
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