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    #32
    michaellunney
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭michaellunney


    The Google search results are a complete mess lately.
    Duck Duck Go and Bing are much better, so long as you add 'Ireland' at the end of the search term if looking for local sites. There are a few ads but not the complete mess that Google has turned into.


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    #33
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,808 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    I'm not sure I'm ready to use Bing... even if Google is gone to the dogs. Grand on PC/Laptop as AdBlock actually works, but AdBlock on mobile is terrible and there's no alternative.

    Tried that Qwant from the last page, and it's the same results as google, but without the expanded everything first, so the Wiki for Friday is actually on the 1st page, but 3rd option behind the movie and Rebecca fukin Black, followed by completely unrelated 'Headline News' options...

    My mother is started to get pretty au fait with smartphones (she's 71), but the Google searches are doing her nut in, for the reasons in this thread. There should be a law against advertising to people over a certain age, they're too gullible and these sites know this and take advantage.


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    #34
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,369 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    I'm not sure I'm ready to use Bing... even if Google is gone to the dogs. Grand on PC/Laptop as AdBlock actually works, but AdBlock on mobile is terrible and there's no alternative.

    Tried that Qwant from the last page, and it's the same results as google, but without the expanded everything first, so the Wiki for Friday is actually on the 1st page, but 3rd option behind the movie and Rebecca fukin Black, followed by completely unrelated 'Headline News' options...

    My mother is started to get pretty au fait with smartphones (she's 71), but the Google searches are doing her nut in, for the reasons in this thread. There should be a law against advertising to people over a certain age, they're too gullible and these sites know this and take advantage.

    Blockada for ad blocking on mobile.


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    #35
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,808 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    irishgeo wrote: »
    Blockada for ad blocking on mobile.

    Call me picky, but if it's not on the Play store, I won't install it, not into this 3rd party craic even if it's beneficial. The only Blokada i'm getting is a DNS changer, and I do like the worst review, or specifically the reply:

    Jayson:
    ok here's my review, your app is good, but not very good, why? well after i use the app for an hour popup ads stop but after an hour the ads pop up start popping in again, so 2 star for this app.. not recommended for long-term... if someone want to block ads for an hour then you download this!

    Dev:
    Hello,
    Nice to see such and in depth review.
    ...

    Good stuff!

    Edit: On the 3rd party stuff, do I only have to enable it to download this, and then can I disable it again?


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    #36
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    A visa to Canada should cost about €5 or so. However if you Google Canada visas the first link is for a company that sells them for about €70. Their website looks remarkably like the official one too. Seventy year old mother in law got stung by this a few months ago.


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    #37
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,369 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Call me picky, but if it's not on the Play store, I won't install it, not into this 3rd party craic even if it's beneficial. The only Blokada i'm getting is a DNS changer, and I do like the worst review, or specifically the reply:

    Jayson:
    ok here's my review, your app is good, but not very good, why? well after i use the app for an hour popup ads stop but after an hour the ads pop up start popping in again, so 2 star for this app.. not recommended for long-term... if someone want to block ads for an hour then you download this!

    Dev:
    Hello,
    Nice to see such and in depth review.
    ...

    Good stuff!

    Edit: On the 3rd party stuff, do I only have to enable it to download this, and then can I disable it again?

    Its not on the play store as it blocks ads something google makes all its money out of so you can see why.

    https://blokada.org/index.html

    Its free and open source, if it was anyway dodgy the guys over at reddit would have tore it apart.

    Another option is to install firefox and then install ublockorigin plugin.


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    #38
    pure.conya
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Don't get me started on Youtube, 2 ads in a row me hole

    try downloading the opensouce version called newpipe, no ads whatsoever :)


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    #39
    pure.conya
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭pure.conya


    Denver Disgusting Soil wrote: »
    Unlock bootloader, install a custom ROM with no Google services. Use Aurora store and F Droid for app downloads. Be grand..

    +1 for f-droid


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    #40
    ForestFire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,238 ✭✭✭ForestFire


    I searched for Friday and it said please come back in 5 days :o


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    #41
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Fuaranach wrote: »
    The most annoying thing about Google for the past maybe 8 years is the death of the Ireland only search option.

    if you want to search a specific site include site:boards.ie (for example) in your search

    to search from a specific domain include site:*.ie or site:*.co.uk etc.


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    #42
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,369 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    if you really want to learn how to get the best out of google search, try this course

    https://coursebuilder.withgoogle.com/sample/course?use_last_location=true


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    #43
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,808 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    irishgeo wrote: »
    if you really want to learn how to get the best out of google search, try this course

    https://coursebuilder.withgoogle.com/sample/course?use_last_location=true

    Interesting... How long is the course? I just completed 2 on Networking Foundations, and yer man is after putting me off for a while!


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    #44
    branie2
    Registered Users Posts: 10,292 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Fine to me


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    #45
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    I've noticed the Google app is full of ads and 'stories'.
    I don't get these on chrome.


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