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What search engines do you use?

Tired of duckduckgo using MSN's amp thing for news or blocking some websites, and it's now adding shit AI too. Don't want to spend any money running a searxng instance for the time being and most public instances are too overwhelmed.

Any suggestions? Doesn't need to be perfect, just not too annoying.

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elbowgrease
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elbowgrease
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just started using Firefox with ublock origin for the same reason. I run the kagi plug-in on Firefox so I can tailor my search engine preferences (kagi.com/). I go back and forth between those two mostly.
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Mark
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I would recommend @Mojeek Search Engine as a fully independent engine without any of those "bonus" features.
@Mojeek Search Engine

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some_guy
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Kagi seems to be really good, according to John Gruber. I don’t do enough web searches to need an alternative or justify paying for a subscription, so it’s all third-hand for me.
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bamboo
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bamboo
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I’ve found Kagi has been good enough to justify the subscription price. I like that I can block certain sites, pin and promote others. It has some neat AI features but they only activate when requested and never replace actual results.
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plm00
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I tried it out after getting a referral code from somebody I know granting a 3 month trial. I've been hooked. It's the first search engine that has rivaled Google search, it's so good. I'm often disappointed with DDG (switching to Google later to find what I need), and Mojeek never finds anything. SearXNG has been very close, but is essentially an aggregator, not exactly a Google replacement.

Kudos to Kagi for getting it right.

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Mojeek Search Engine
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Mojeek Search Engine
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Mojeek never finds anything.


Got any examples we can look into?

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plm00
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plm00
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That's a hard one to answer without losing anonymity. It's with contextual searching, like X business in Y town, or looking up specific or niche software tools. I occasionally give Mojeek a fair shot, then switch away when I can't find what I'm looking for. If you'd like, I'll keep track of those instances and email you with examples, is that helpful?
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Mojeek Search Engine
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Mojeek Search Engine
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That would be helpful, yes; there is a "submit feedback" button on results pages which allows you to send it directly to us if that works.
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yuki
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yuki
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If i search something in a language other than EN/DE/FR... I couldn't find anything. This is very frustrating for an Asian user
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bamboo
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bamboo
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I use the assistant, because it has so many models to choose from. I hope they can make a mobile app for it in the future
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Boomkop3
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Boomkop3
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It works in a web browser, especially ez if you enable the quick assist
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Boomkop3
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Boomkop3
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I don't like how ai tends to be a lot worse and slower at fact checking and searching than me
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Diddlydee
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Diddlydee
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Google. Never had any issues. Scroll past the AI bullshit in a second.
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JackGreenEarth
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JackGreenEarth
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I use DuckDuckGo. AI isn't bad inherently, just the proprietary, censored, corporate stuff. DuckDuckGo's AI isn't forced on you, is private, open weights, and less censored than the main players.
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leanleft
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leanleft
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when people say searx, i want to know.. is it duckduckgo or google or both?
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eru
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eru
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it is a metasearch engine, that is, it searches google, ddg, and others (configurable) and aggregates the results
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Random Dent
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Random Dent
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I've been kind of liking Brave Search lately, even though I'm not really a fan of the browser.
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NutWrench
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I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.

search.inetol.net/

It's also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:

searx.space/


SearXNG instances

Online and offline instances
searx.space
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