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   by gtfiorentino 1mo ago

   You still get local results because that toggle is just one of the signals we use to get search results. Turning it off basically just says “don’t send this country as a signal." If you selected a different country from the dropdown ne
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   by gtfiorentino 1mo ago

   On the first point about bubble effect, DuckDuckGo never uses past searches to generate search results, that hasn’t changed and will not change. Is that something you’re seeing on the search results page or maybe in your browser?
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   by gtfiorentino 1mo ago

   Hi, I work on Search at DuckDuckGo. Can you clarify what you mean by “bubblification”? Would be interested to know what has changed for you as a long-time user.
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   by gtfiorentino 4mo ago

   Yes, super helpful, thanks. Hear you on the overall problem of lower-quality sites. On the Assist question, it can appear at the bottom when we think it has a good answer but something else beats it. Curious what was weird about it? Just no
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   by gtfiorentino 4mo ago

   I searched for “plumber’s bread” on DuckDuckGo and this was the 3rd result which seems to match what you’re looking for - https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/plumbers-bread-sandwi... . I do see the other kind of resu
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   by gtfiorentino 4mo ago

   We’ll take a look at those two sites, thanks for reporting. We’re actively working to improve how we detect and remove scam sites, and getting specific reports is very helpful.
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   by gtfiorentino 2y ago

   Hi - I work on search at DuckDuckGo. Do you mind sharing a bit more detail about this issue? What steps would allow us to reproduce what you're seeing?
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   by gtfiorentino 2y ago

   Got it, that's good to know, thanks! I've added the domains in the AI spam / low effort section to our list of user reports for review.
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   by gtfiorentino 2y ago

   Hi @popcar2 — how are you sourcing the domains for the blocklist? We'd like to evaluate those domains and consider whether they should be removed from DuckDuckGo as spam. You can also report a site directly in the search results by cli
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    by gtfiorentino 2y ago

    Hi - do you have an example query showing this issue? I just tried "45 lb to kg" on DuckDuckGo and it's working as I would expect (45 Pounds = 20.41166 Kilograms).
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    by gtfiorentino 2y ago

    Got it, thanks for the follow-up, and for your support! It should be pretty rare that you would see no organic content above the fold. But we'd like to take a closer look, and if you have any particular queries where the ads are surpri
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    by gtfiorentino 2y ago

    Hi, I work at DuckDuckGo - thanks for the feedback. Nothing much has changed in the past few weeks on our side, and so would love some more info so we can investigate. Do you mind sharing what country you are searching from, and whether you
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    by gtfiorentino 2y ago

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    by gtfiorentino 9y ago

    Sidecar | Senior Site Reliability Engineer | Philadelphia, PA, US | ONSITE https://hello.getsidecar.com/ Sidecar builds tools to help retailers tackle the challenges they face in e-commerce advertising channels - primarily