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by peoplefromibiza 1482 days ago
> I find that Google search results are still the best of any search engine for specific computer science and other specific tech-related topics

even without Google account?

This is my Google experience from my temporary workplace in Barcelona

https://i.imgur.com/X2Avw2v.png

Then I click on "I agree" and whatever thing I search I receive Spanish results because I am in Spain.

Not my idea of "the best of any search engine", but ok...
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photochemsyn 1482 days ago
I never log in, I find the key to better results is to keep adding terms to the query, and force the 'verbatim' option under tools. Restriction to specific domains (.edu etc.) with site: helps a lot, and the not option is sometimes helpful (-this -that).

Youtube search is awful. I once went through news queries on Google searches of Youtube (site:youtube.com) looking for popular independent media outlets (BreakingPoints for example) by -MSNBC, -FOX, -CNBC etc., and ended up with a string about 25 queries long, and those shows are just banned. They were feeding me unpopular corporate media shows with hardly any views or subscribers at that point, but zero access to independent media. Full-on propaganda manipulation.

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