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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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[-] Dreamless4561@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 hours ago

Brave Search is good too.

[-] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

The only reason I really have to keep Google's search bar on my home screen is Lens, it's unfortunately the best option currently for quickly translating signs and food packaging in my host country.

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Just use SearXNG and aggregate them all.

[-] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

The problem I see with that approach is that adding garbage to a mixture doesn't necessarily lead to a more robust mix. It can just end up a formerly delicious soup with chunks of crap floating in it.

I don't know off the top of my head how SearXNG does it, so maybe this is moot for them, but I don't see a ton of merit in adding useless things together. If for example, the Google results contain nothing useful, leaving them out would actually improve the relevance of the total result.

[-] crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 0 points 10 hours ago

Then why don't you try it instead of yapping about garbage?

[-] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

Because this is a conversation that I'm contributing to. You have no idea if I tried it or not but are coming in awful hot for no reason I can discern.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago

Been paying for Kagi for well over a year now. It's great. Never looked back.

The web is still a steaming pile of shit but it digs through the shit without treating me like I'm also shit.

[-] 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.

[-] Mwa 2 points 1 day ago

I mainly use mojeek, and its kinda decent for a bespoke search engine.

[-] yestalgia@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

I've been using Brave Search for 6 months and surprisingly happy with it. I never really liked DDG.

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