▲ 7 ▼ Google is getting a lot worse because of subreddits being private (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1271267 Source What do you guys think about this? (Wasn't sure which community to post this in)
[–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) What search engines you suggest? Duckduckgo is useless for me, but so is google nowadays tbh. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stijn@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like startpage. It's not perfect but works. If I still cant find anything I search google. 95% of the time it just works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) @Stijn @krevassi, Startpage is probably one of the best search engines, I used it among others as second of my list, but for first searches I use 2 AI search engines which show me direct answers to complex questions. https://andisearch.com https://www.perplexity.ai and sometimes also https://you.com All of these protect privacy and made by small independent startups permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) AI search seems like something to dip my toes into. Thanks for the tips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @krevassi @IcyPractice @CookieJarObserver @DeriHunter @Stijn, anyway, don't confuse AI search with AI chats, like ChatGPT, because these have a maybe better Language model, but it's knowledge base is limited (the one of ChatGPT is from 2021), they don't search in the web. Because of this the answers are not reliable or at least outdated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stijn@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like startpage. It's not perfect but works. If I still cant find anything I search google. 95% of the time it just works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) @Stijn @krevassi, Startpage is probably one of the best search engines, I used it among others as second of my list, but for first searches I use 2 AI search engines which show me direct answers to complex questions. https://andisearch.com https://www.perplexity.ai and sometimes also https://you.com All of these protect privacy and made by small independent startups permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) AI search seems like something to dip my toes into. Thanks for the tips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @krevassi @IcyPractice @CookieJarObserver @DeriHunter @Stijn, anyway, don't confuse AI search with AI chats, like ChatGPT, because these have a maybe better Language model, but it's knowledge base is limited (the one of ChatGPT is from 2021), they don't search in the web. Because of this the answers are not reliable or at least outdated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) @Stijn @krevassi, Startpage is probably one of the best search engines, I used it among others as second of my list, but for first searches I use 2 AI search engines which show me direct answers to complex questions. https://andisearch.com https://www.perplexity.ai and sometimes also https://you.com All of these protect privacy and made by small independent startups permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) AI search seems like something to dip my toes into. Thanks for the tips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @krevassi @IcyPractice @CookieJarObserver @DeriHunter @Stijn, anyway, don't confuse AI search with AI chats, like ChatGPT, because these have a maybe better Language model, but it's knowledge base is limited (the one of ChatGPT is from 2021), they don't search in the web. Because of this the answers are not reliable or at least outdated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krevassi@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) AI search seems like something to dip my toes into. Thanks for the tips. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @krevassi @IcyPractice @CookieJarObserver @DeriHunter @Stijn, anyway, don't confuse AI search with AI chats, like ChatGPT, because these have a maybe better Language model, but it's knowledge base is limited (the one of ChatGPT is from 2021), they don't search in the web. Because of this the answers are not reliable or at least outdated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) @krevassi @IcyPractice @CookieJarObserver @DeriHunter @Stijn, anyway, don't confuse AI search with AI chats, like ChatGPT, because these have a maybe better Language model, but it's knowledge base is limited (the one of ChatGPT is from 2021), they don't search in the web. Because of this the answers are not reliable or at least outdated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krevassi@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago @CatWeazle Tried out andi and it is excellent, looked for jobs in my area and it gave me a list of links, all relevant. Also you have an option to only read the linked articles, no need to visit the page so you can bypass gdpr-bs and advertisement. That's going to be bookmarked permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
