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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You know what I miss? Search engines that honored Boolean operators. I am often looking for niche results and being able to -, ! and NOT is incredibly useful. But that's just not a thing anymore. I know part of it is that SEO includes antonym meta data that ruins this but it would still be helpful on occasion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been using Mojeek lately and it looks like their advanced search can do some of that.

https://www.mojeek.com/advanced.html

Reminds me of early Google search.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I have it a test with some operators from the search bar instead of using the form and it did exactly what it was supposed to. I'll keep this on hand. Thank you.