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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (self.technology)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MTK to c/technology
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Same. Using Kagi feels like surfing the old web. The first thing I did was block all Pinterest results. That alone made every search golden. ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] ownsauce 22 points 1 month ago

I hate Pinterest lol, best thing about Kagi is being able to block whole sites and it remembers your preferences. I may come back to Kagi but I didn't feel like funding their AI features development. Now Im using Searx and 4get cause they're free.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're not the only one. They have a leaderboard and the top 7 results are various Pinterest domains.

[โ€“] ownsauce 20 points 1 month ago

Leaderboard here for anyone curious

Yep everyone blocking Pinterest.

Also the most prioritized website is Wikipedia. Guess everyone wants facts in the the age of hallucinatory AI

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I never got Pinterest results on Kagi to begin with