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List of academic databases and search engines - Wikipedia
I am sure there are more out there perhaps less specific, I will keep googling it.
I've not used anything else for a while - Duck Duck Go might be worth a try if you haven’t already, at least they’re not scraping your data so you might get more ‘vanilla’ answers.
For example recently I've been trying to find a note taking app that would allow me to scribble lyrics and tunes down quickly so I don't lose ideas to my short term memory when song writing.
Searching for a notes app that let's me write (word) notes and (musical) notes and add (word) notes to my (musical) notes is always going to be an annoying search
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The way most people use search engines is dumb from what I can tell.
You can feed the advertising engine and go shopping, or you can use them more privately and precisely to find authoritative sources for genuine research and use Boolean logic.
Add the ease with which aggregator websites just scrape other people's content and game the SEO to 'win'. While Google thinks it's doing a good job.
F*ck*rs.
I generally get acceptable enough results though. If I want scientific journals, I ask colleagues to source - they are much better at it than I am and have access to the right tools.
Turn off 'safe search' for best results.
https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
I use Duck Duck Go for a bit more privacy, but the results generally aren't as good as Google. YMMV
DuckDuckGo is my default search engine, but I use Google as a second opinion. If you want to walk on the wild side, Ecosia, Quant and Brave are all worth trying.
So it’s a human problem based on the need for a fast result at the expense of accuracy, but that is made worse by search engines being allowed to present results in order of advertising spend rather than demonstrable accuracy.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Pre internet people would rely on books or word of mouth to acquire knowledge. Were they automatically facts? Not necessarily. Did people do due diligence to validate what they heard or read? Not necessarily.
If anything, search engines just exposed the amount of false info out there and the capability for people to create false info. Ultimately it's still up to us to judge what is right and wrong. Nothing's changed there.
It's infuriating.
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