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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] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

qwant.com

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

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.

Which browsers don't? I think this one can likely be chalked up to user error.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Another option is SearXNG. It's meta search engine, which means that it aggregates other search engines like Google and Bing but without tracking or logging, because your searches are proxied using a public instance, that will mix your search with the ones from other people.

And about default search engine, don't know what you're talking about, both chrome and Firefox allows this, in mobile and desktop.

https://searx.space/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Kagi is the best around if you are willing to pay. If I had to cancel my subscription for whatever reason, I would go back to DDG.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

ecosia, like knowing that my searchs are helping the world a little

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

SearXNG

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Marginalia is cool. It feels like an old-school search engine and truly provides results you don't see through Google, et al.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I use a mix of all 3 search engines on firefox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I like AskJeeves but a case can be made for WebCrawler

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I use stratpage. I find it reliable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

startpage is alright if u want a quick alternative.

but definitely look into searx. it can be annoying to choose an instance (unless you self host!), but it can be a lot more customizable and decentralized