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What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The best I've found is Mojeek. The results take some getting used to because we're all used to Google's fuckery, but I've been using it for months, and it's quite good.

There's also SearXNG, though I'm not sure if that fits your needs. A couple public instances I've liked are:

https://searx.tiekoetter.com/

https://search.fuckoffgoogle.net/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Random SearX Redirector – basically just that, sends your search to a random working SearXNG instance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

This is super rad! I've never heard of this, so thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I really enjoy Mojeek. It gives you results you would not get anywhere else. I see high value in that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it reminds me of the old search engines in the 90s. I've come to love it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the shoutout, it's always much-appreciated. If you're looking to test new things/ help us out in other ways, we're testing a new algo :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coming back half a year later to see this comment. Thank you for thank link. I would love to help out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's not currently got something live on it to test (you can use it but it should be the same results across both). If you wanna help out then let us know how you find Mojeek via this survey please!!!! https://blocksurvey.io/mojeek-user-survey-2024-mJmJ2bBcQDy9QtByOmJX7A?v=o

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Nice, I'll try it out, thanks!