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What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vermyndax to c/asklemmy

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I'm still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don't trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What's the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?

Edit: I meant to also express my frustration that most browsers do not let you select a "default search engine" that can be used in the address bar aside from 3-5 pre-chosen engines. Seems like 2023 we should be able to customize that to our own liking.

Edit 2: Thanks for the recommendation of Kagi. I'm going to roll with it for a while. I see they have an extension for Safari that allows them to hijack the address bar, which is just what I needed.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

https://kagi.com no ads, great results. It’s $5 a month but worth it imo

[–] canihasaccount 19 points 1 year ago

Seconding. Kagi is the only one that was able to replace Google for me.

[–] graymess 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need to try it out. If it's as good as its reputation implies and stays that way, I'd be $5/mo amount of interested. But I have no idea how many times I'm going to need to search for something per month. Not a fan of that limitation.

[–] Mr_Blott 4 points 1 year ago

You can get 100 searches for free to try it. I'm using it for purchases and technical queries, because the results are hugely less polluted. If I'm searching for, say, a film or a book, I use Google and not one of my paid searches

[–] GlitzyArmrest 4 points 1 year ago

This is the only true Google replacement I've found.

[–] drfuzzyness 2 points 1 year ago

It's really good. The price tag is worth it imo as they buy results from a host of other search engines including Google, but the results are actually better.

[–] supercriticalcheese 1 points 1 year ago

For the web search I need to do it's really not worth it. if my job required good web search results to be effective then it would be a different matter but alas I am not a software developer or an analyst...