What search engines do you use?

[bamboo@lemm.ee]

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.

[jackgreenearth@lemm.ee]

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.

[macabrett@lemmy.ml]

I've been using the Lycos search engine lol

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

Their results are just bing…

[plm00@lemmy.ml]

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.

[mojeek@lemmy.ml]

Mojeek never finds anything.

Got any examples we can look into?

[plm00@lemmy.ml]

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?

[shimitar@feddit.it]

Self hosted SearXNG

[leanleft@lemmy.ml]

when people say searx, i want to know.. is it duckduckgo or google or both?

[akasazh@feddit.nl]

hotbot ftw

[eru@mouse.chitanda.moe]

it is a metasearch engine, that is, it searches google, ddg, and others (configurable) and aggregates the results

[wuphysics87@lemmy.ml]

Like the old Dog Pile

[wuphysics87@lemmy.ml]

Ddg is more or less a proxy, but yes

[ultragigagigantic@lemmy.ml]

Quackquackyo

[crabandbroom@lemmy.ml]

I've been kind of liking Brave Search lately, even though I'm not really a fan of the browser.

[boomkop3@reddthat.com]

I wish they'd just stop wasting their time on ai

[a_chilean_cyborg@feddit.cl]

Brave search, not my browser, but reasonable engine.

[mojeek@lemmy.ml]

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.

[yuki@programming.dev]

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

[bamboo@lemm.ee]

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