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Google Search as you know it is over - but there are alternatives (see post) (techcrunch.com)
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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/

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[–] TheLastOfHisName@piefed.social 8 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Kagi and Startpage are my go-to search engines these days.
I have a paid Kagi account and feel it is very much worth the investment.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

I do not like the vibes of Startpage's owner, System1.

If you're using Startpage because it uses google on the back-end, Ecosia does much the same nowadays (you can toggle between that and bing).

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

What makes it worth it to you over something like Ecosia?

Also, I’m on the fence about startpage. They were Dutch but were bought by an American advertising company.

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I've used both Ecosia and Kagi and find the former gives me too many irrelevant results compared to Kagi. Recently though Kagi has been giving me some funky results but it doesn't happen very often.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 1 hour ago

Qwant is French and they've been partnering with Ecosia to build a European index.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Too much AI with Kagi.