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?
DuckDuckGo/Brave + Kagi.
Others, more specific uses:
I use Perplexity.ai. It was so good, I ended up buying the Pro version. Google ain’t got shit on Perplexity. On the other hand, Perplexity is most useful for information that requires some sort of synthesis. It’s less useful for a basic search like definitions or where to find something nearby.
How did you buy a “Pro” version of Perplexity? I have the app installed and there’s no option to purchase anything.
In a browser, there’s an option on the left hand bottom corner if you sign in.
Woah perplexity is awesome! They even have an iOS app. Thanks for the recommendation
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
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.
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]
Kagi is good.
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.
I know DuckDuckGo has its own issues, but surely it’s better than Google at least?
Results wise it’s just a bing wrapper. Which is not all that good in all honesty.
duckduckgo is the most useful and straightforward to use, brave isn’t bad either although it struggles with non english searches from my experience. searx is powerful but a bit overkill and it is not the most intuitive