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This has been a a tough one, Google gives all ad-focused results, and DuckDuckGo gives crap results (imho)

I did find Kagi recently but they charge after 100 free trial searches, and I'm considering paying for it because it's so good. Best results I've gotten anywhere in a long time.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kagi is pretty decent. It's worth supporting else the space will continue to be dominated by advertising monopolies.

[–] franzfurdinand 5 points 5 months ago

I signed up for it last night for exactly that reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Kagi is good at filtering that low effort trash, but it’s behind a subscription

[–] Subverb 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use kagi and really like it. I find it worth the money as a business owner and software dev. I feel I'm more productive.

You can set up your own "lenses" which are targeted, customized searches and then use a keyword to invoke them. Pretty handy when you routinely search for obscure topics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The ability to prioritise and pin results from different sites is what won me over. Pinning stackoverflow helps filter a lot of junk when resolving programing issues, and when working with geometry I've pinned or prioritised a few different resources that better explain the mathematics

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Get kagi. Easily 10x better than ddg or google.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I've had Qwant foisted on me by Firefox and it's decent enough, I find, no complaints.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Haha those results tho

[–] jarredpickles87 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious to know people's thoughts on Startpage. I've been using it exclusively for a good couple months now and like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Owned by a for-profit company, and it puts ads on top of your search results now.

[–] jarredpickles87 3 points 5 months ago

Oh really? Man, I thought I was doing good. I never see ads since I use uBlock Origin.