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.

  • Hannes@feddit.orgEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    I’m very happy with kagi at the moment. Just crossed one year using it as my main search engine last week and don’t see why I would go back.

    • MTK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Having to signup and login to a search engines sounds like an annoying hassle

      • uzay@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It is. And it’s also terrible for privacy, but people do it with google as well.

    • Nite@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Same. Using Kagi feels like surfing the old web. The first thing I did was block all Pinterest results. That alone made every search golden. 😂

      • ownsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I hate Pinterest lol, best thing about Kagi is being able to block whole sites and it remembers your preferences. I may come back to Kagi but I didn’t feel like funding their AI features development. Now Im using Searx and 4get cause they’re free.