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Re: Google vs. DDG (was: Social-media antipathy)



On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 02:20:25PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Searching for "Stieglitz" DDG shows
> 
> With Javascript off:
> 1st try: Alfred Stieglitz
> 2nd try: Alfred Stieglitz, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz
> 3rd try: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Stieglitz Snyder Architecture,
>          Christine Stieglitz
> Quite random choice, but no birds.
> 
> "Stieglitz Vogel", too, yields no birds.
> 
> If i set the "All Regions" menu to "Germany" i get the bird as first
> match, then the people and the Fw 44 air plane.

If you set your browser's primary "web page" language it works,
too. That's probably what goes into the "Accept-Language" HTTP
request header. Would be nice if there were a way to set that
per-request...

> Google on the other hand knows where i am and that i understand german
> and english language.

:-)

> Have a nice day :)

Same to you :)

Cheers
 - t

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