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I'm surprised to see that Brave Search isn't mentioned more. Is there a privacy reason behind it?
So far I'm happy with it. It is pretty annoying to switch a different image search provider though...
My primary search engine is rarely Big G. More often than not, if I can't find what I'm looking for by SERP 4 on DDG(Bing), I'll figure out what the missing keyword was, and edit the query. I've also been using Brave search some, but their connection to crypto bugs me enough that I don't want to rely on them.
If I really do need Google, I use Millionshort, with the full million excluded.
I use it as a fallback if I can't find anything (usually searching specific errors) but 90% of my searches are through brave.com now
It's a shame they're run by a shitty person because their products are actually really good.
I have found my results to be more repetitive, filled with sponsored content, and less relevant. As a lot of what I search for is within articles/research, having equity company products shilled at me during the process is frustrating. It’s been a lot worse lately.
I've been trying DuckDuckGo since I migrated to Waterfox recently. It seems more functional than when I last used it, some 6~12 months ago. And I've been noticing my searches are usually more successful on DDG than on Google too.
Google has been on a steady downward trend for several years now, to the point where it's getting nearly unusable.
It still works relatively well in English, but have you tried searching in other languages?? It's hot garbage. Google does not know the difference between Japanese and Chinese even in 2023.
I’ve been trying a few different alternatives namely Qwant and Startpage. I find Qwant to be the quickest of those two and have been using it most often. Trying to get away from the google ecosystem as much as possible, searches are getting bogged down even with an adblocker.
I haven't been using Google anyway since Bing got its redesign. It's just so much more useful now than Google.
I've been using Bing's ChatGPT4 more often for open ended searches, when I would normally google " reddit". I spend a lot less time digging for answers.
DuckDuckGo with bangs! It's been pretty good as I am able to narrow down my searches by service which is more necessary than I'd like it to be.
Honestly, I mostly use Google for stuff like unit conversions, or for when I forget the exact URL for something.
"Wait, was the TLD for that website .com? Maybe .tv? .org? Oh hell, I'll just google the name I guess."
I just made the switch from Google to DuckDuckGo in the last week.
Definitely not alone in that boat. As of late I'll look something up on Google, find nothing I needed, go to Bing, and blammo it's right there.
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There have been less relevant results on google for a while. The same can be said for youtube as well.
I still use google a lot. It has a lot of features and gives me accurate results. i have started to use Bing because of Microsoft Rewards