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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (self.technology)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

EXPONENTIALLY worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Has it gotten worse? They’ve been dogshit for a long time, maybe they’ve gotten worse and I haven’t noticed

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure what everyone's issues are. With UBO and DDG, I find anything I'm looking for and its usually in the top 5 results. Even on Google, it's quite easy to filter out AI and paid search results. Also, search engines still use advanced operators to fine tune your search parameters.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Funnily enough I've found using an LLM to parce the data, then cross checking it's source as well as my own sources to be superior to previous searches.

It's annoying to change the way you just mindlessly search, but if you're upset by it just mindlessly search, end of discussion.

[–] JoeKrogan -2 points 1 week ago

I use brave search. I can generally find most things. They even have an answer with ai thing that gives some useful stuff when you want a specific quick answer.

I also use ddg.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I don't honestly even remember the last time I've googled something. Nowdays I'll just ask chatGPT

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