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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why have you not tried Kagi? If it's important to you to have good search and you don't like being spied on and having ads shoved down your throat, it's worth paying a small fee for quality instead of paying with your privacy for crap results. It's been a breath of fresh air. Searching is fun again. It also indexes Lemmy. Traditional Search has largely gone to crap, but I'm tired of everyone complaining that these mega companies offering 'free' services aren't holding their end of the deal instead of supporting the people that are doing something about it. I'm not optimistic things like qwant or searx will be sustainable or deliver high quality results, but by all means donate to them with time or money if you believe in them.

[–] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Kagi is the same as ddg 99% of the time.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

Omg no. You have a diversified data set?

[–] ArdMacha@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Kagi isn't free

[–] hannesh93@feddit.org 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If it's free then you're the product

And if you're the product then there's an interest to keep you on the site and show you ads which works best if the first result isn't the correct one and you need to scroll or even go to page two

It's literally the reason why Google got so much worse that they wanted to show more ads to users which wouldn't work if the best result is always the first

[–] capital@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The search problem is largely due to not being the actual customer.

Look at me. I’m the customer now.