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> The search results suck

Do they really though, for normal people that is?. Some of my searches today below, can't remember the exact terms I used. Mix of DDG and Google.

1) Walt Whitman, I wanted a basic overview of his work to satisfy some idle curiosity. DDG gave me his wikipedia page. Bingo

2) EAN-13 check digit. First result wikipedia telling me how to calculate it. I see it is simple and I have a long list in Excel to check. I can't be bothered to think so...

3) EAN-13 Excel. First result has an example that I copied and pasted.

4) Timezone [niche cloud system]. Said system didn't do what we expected, seems to be timezone issue. First article is discussing this niche issue and offers solutions

5) Does Shopify support x payments. Yes it does

6) Coronavirus test. Got straight to government site.

7) MacOS version numbers. First hit...

8) How come my Microsoft x platform is showing as being at y level of service when my Buddies is not. Straight in

Am I just a perfect search customer? I don't seem to be getting the problems Drew is?

parent jimnotgym 6 years ago

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