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Which alternative search engines do you use? (lemmy.ml)
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Since Internet search has and will change, which search engines do you use successfully, and what are their advantages?

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[–] sudneo 5 points 2 years ago

I also use kagi.com (the name is quite funny for Italian speakers...).

For those interested in "why", here are my reasons:

  • generally, very high quality results.
  • completely ad-free and with an ironclad privacy policy (probably the best I have seen so far)
  • paid, which can be a downside, but it's also a way for me to know that I am the customer, not advertisers.
  • ability to use bangs and to create custom ones
  • ability to easily filter by area, there are a fee common areas such as "programming" or "recipe" or "academic" which affect the context of the search.
  • ability to up/downrank websites. If I personally find a certain website providing often useful answers for me, I can uprank it and make it show higher in the searches.
  • finally, a small cosmetic thing, but the results are organized very nicely, such as "best 10 x" articles being in a simple list and saving space, etc.

As a bonus, the company seems nicely transparent and overall well-intentioned. I hope it stays like this.