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submitted 1 year ago by leninmummy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What search engine is currently showing the most useful results? What other tricks do we have aside of adding "reddit" or whatever internet community to the results?

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[-] citizenserious@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Where can I find soemthing about startpage changing to bing? Can't find anything about that in my search engine ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] hitagi@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago

We have more broadly incorporated Microsoft Bing into our results, using a unique solution specifically fitted to our privacy promise. Our collaboration with Microsoft also has enabled us to provide a superior mobile experience. You will see benefits like better search suggestions, fewer ads, and greatly improved similar image results, among others.

https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/12727471498644-What-are-Startpage-s-enhanced-search-results-

I don't know if this applies to the actual search results or the widgets. But upon checking, the results are actually still closer to Google but it filters out some results that I find useful. It also pulls up the first Wikipedia article it can find in the first page and displays it as a little widget on the side even if it's far from relevant.

this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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