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

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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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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

There's an extension that filters out websites from every engine. So like when you see Quora or other other digital garbage in your result, block it once and you'll never see another Quora article again.

Idr the name of the extension - I'll check when I get home and follow up.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Follow-up?

[-] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

It's probably uBlacklist, available on both Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers. Filters websites and results for search.

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