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Which search engine do you use for what? (lemmy.nz)
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Someone (average smartphone user) complained to me the other day that there isn't a clear solution to navigating the web because it's either ai slop or the results are poor.

And I kinda agree, nowadays you do have to put in some more effort to get what you're looking for.

And so I told them I'd compile a list of which search engines are best for what purpose.

So far I have:

Startpage: works, but does a poor job of finding product codes and whatnot.

Duckduckgo: gives more general results afaik

Ecosia: works great but relies on bing

I have tried things like qwant ect but haven't really settled on those.

Any other suggestions?

I'd tell em to use udm14 but it's still google so I'd rather keep that as a plan B.

OQB @FreddiesLantern@leminal.space

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[–] ArsonButCute@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I use a selfhosted OmniSearch instance. It's a metasearch provider, supplying links from ddg, mojeek, startpage and yahoo.

It's fine. It's mega private and has no built in AI tools, which is what I care most about.

The creator has requested that their code not be mirrored to any proprietary platforms. It is availible at https://git.bwaaa.monster/

Simple to configure and if you desire to rebrand or restyle it, it's as simple as changing the HTML and CSS.