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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[–] TiffyBelle@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally enjoy DDG. Their privacy policy for their search is straightforward and there's no evidence that they're not abiding by it. I find it tends to prioritize higher quality blogs and articles ahead of social media results.

I sometime use Brave Search as it seems to do better at giving social media/forum results as they seem to be prioritized higher by it, when I'm looking for more discussion-based content.

[–] heyfrancis@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for DDG, but i dont get it why some comments here said it is just bing

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because DDG uses Bing's API. Basically, you submit a search to DDG, DDG submits that search to Bing, Bing provides results to DDG who repackages them as DDG, then provides that to you.

[–] crimroy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Which is great, privacy-wise, but results-wise it is just Bing. DDG is what I use, but that's all it is