Google Search as you know it is over - but there are alternatives (see post) (techcrunch.com)

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Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/

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[-] squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 11 points 1 day ago

Quite happy with Ecosia right now. They are building the EU index together with Quant. Be sure to turn off AI overviews in settings so they don't get automatically generated. The only thing that bothers me is how fuzzy the search is. When I search for a specific problem it often just shows me the main website of the project in question.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026

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