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/
I wouldn’t know because I mainly use DuckDuckGo and haven’t had a reason to use Google in a long time.
DuckDuckGo is just Microslop Bing with a different front-end.
Yeah, whatever bias and censorship Micro$lop’s search index has, except supposedly without the tracking. It’s a step up from Google and Bing, but not the perfect solution.
What do you recommend?
If you live in Europe, the French search engine Qwant is great.
yacy is an interesting alternative if you self host.
I recommend DDG as the first line, and kagi free tier if you can’t find it on DDG.
Kagi. It does work and they are making anti AI a priority.
"Kagi Assistant
Access multiple AI models without being tracked. Use the power of different LLMs, all grounded by Kagi search results, while keeping your prompts and data private."
I mean it’s pro-privacy, but that’s hardly anti-AI.
I, as of yet, haven’t really explored any alternatives, but I see a lot of others mentioned in the comments here.
Isn’t every alternative search engine just bing or google in the background?
Not all, but mostly, yes: https://hachyderm.io/@BoydStephenSmithJr/116609141864889111