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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vermyndax@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] HansSlonzok@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

qwant.com

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

qwant also has their own really nice map! https://maps.qwant.com

it's properly open source, based on openstreetmap, and integrates tripadvisor so it's great for finding restaurants.

[-] Joker@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

Kagi is the best around if you are willing to pay. If I had to cancel my subscription for whatever reason, I would go back to DDG.

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[-] brenno@lemmy.brennoflavio.com.br 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Another option is SearXNG. It's meta search engine, which means that it aggregates other search engines like Google and Bing but without tracking or logging, because your searches are proxied using a public instance, that will mix your search with the ones from other people.

And about default search engine, don't know what you're talking about, both chrome and Firefox allows this, in mobile and desktop.

https://searx.space/

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

ecosia, like knowing that my searchs are helping the world a little

[-] jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

SearXNG

[-] billbasher@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I like startpage.com. It doesn’t save your searches and I feel like it gives better results than DDG. Also it’s been around for awhile - it used to be ixquick

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Marginalia is cool. It feels like an old-school search engine and truly provides results you don't see through Google, et al.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I like AskJeeves but a case can be made for WebCrawler

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

I use stratpage. I find it reliable

[-] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Duckduckgo and (downvotes incoming) brave search.

https://duckduckgo.com

https://search.brave.com/

And I disagree with you, I don't know a single browser where you can't change the default search engine.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

I use a mix of all 3 search engines on firefox

[-] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

What about metasearch engines/ search aggregators?

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