cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360
Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.
Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.
Recommend a list of alternatives:
- Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
- Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
- Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
- DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary
More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/
Self hosting searxng was the best decision I ever made for search engines. Just point it to a bunch of different engines of my choice and use it. I seriously no longer ever find myself with the old habit of “ugh okay maybe I’ll get better results in [insert other engines] this time”… Probably cause it’s using them all.
I guess this will kill startpage
Startpage stopped working during the very same outage that took bing down. Maybe on 9 Oct 2024
Why will this kill startpage? I only just found it because it’s the default for waterfox and I’m quite happy with it. DDG has been getting worse and worse
I started using Ecosia after noticing DDG’s downward turn. So far I’ve enjoyed it. It has problems, but I think those problems are just what passes for the internet these days…
Startpage uses google search. I think they use the paid API service, the question is whether that service will continue after these changes.
I hope not, i really really love startpage
