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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You might want to try SearXNG

It's an Open Source search aggregator:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I’ve been using this for about a year, but at work I’m still on Google (don’t know why).

What’s weird is SearXNG seems like it gets better results now, even though they’re just coming from the others.

One thing I like is that I can switch instances to get varied results based on the instance’s geographical location. In other words, it doesn’t feel like anything’s targeted.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I tried that for a couple of weeks recently and while not dealing with all the bullshit google ads was refreshing, the actual results were often pretty bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My bad, I should've replied to your comment first!

Have you tried customizing your search settings in SearXNG? I've found that tweaking the instance's default search settings improves the search experience quite a bit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I might look into that later. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I love it, really works well from my limited testing!

I used priv.au

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

no worries!🤗

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

we have gone full circle back to metacrawler.