we all know Google’s usefulness has diminished if you’re searching for something the algorithm doesn’t have it’s nose on, personally i don’t feel searxng (i used the nicfab.eu one) gives the best or most useful results either, what’s out there?

    • Jeff@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Ah found url. Primo!

      Dang. Another subscription model. I will stick with the less great but free brave and DuckDuckGo.

  • lagomorphlecture@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So many people are saying Duck Duck Go so I’m just throwing a comment out there to make sure everyone is aware that it’s literally Bing without the personal data. People joke about how bag Bing is, and Microsoft is a bit of a monster so I think people need to be aware of what they’re actually using. That said, if it works for you then cool, since Google is garbage now and there are not a lot of great alternatives.

    • ribboo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Results wise it’s just a bing wrapper. Which is not all that good in all honesty.

    • angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Seconding Kagi. The pricing model is a little rough, but if you’re serious about getting the most out of a search engine, Kagi is the way to go.

      Imo, paying is worth it to be completely free of Google’s services.

  • zahel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Been using duckduckgo for years and generally gets the job done. If I want more local specific results then I’ll just add !g to my search which’ll do a Google search

    • lagomorphlecture@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Duck Duck Go is literally just Bing without the personal data. If it works for you then it works for you, but it’s good to know what you’re really using.

      • WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi
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        1 year ago

        from wikipedia: DuckDuckGo’s results are a compilation of “over 400” sources according to itself, including Bing, Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wolfram Alpha, Yandex, and its own web crawler (the DuckDuckBot); but none from Google.[62][3][63][64][53] It also uses data from crowdsourced sites such as Wikipedia, to populate knowledge panel boxes to the right of the search results.[64][65]