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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they overengineered it. they now give you results they think most people want instead of what you searched. for google, it helps to switch on verbatim mode and set your country to something weird like Azerbaijan

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What is "verbatim mode"?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

under the google search field is a row of buttons. one of them, usually far right, is "search tools". sometimes you have to scroll the button row to reach it. it has a verbatim switch that makes google not replace your search terms with what it thinks most people mean when entering that

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And where do you switch it?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

under the google search field is a row of buttons. one of them, usually far right, is "search tools". sometimes you have to scroll the button row to reach it. it has a verbatim switch that makes google not replace your search terms with what it thinks most people mean when entering that

[–] BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And where do you switch it?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I made a screenshot for you:

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And where is Azerbaijan?

[–] Baggins@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Just Google it!