Your guide to a new Search Engine (Reworked)
Your guide to a new Search Engine (Reworked)
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I like this graphic format you're using. The information is presented clearly and succinctly; as a summary graphic, it's quite nice that you limit the information density. Viewers can use it as a jumping off point for further research.
If you designed this yourself, kudos.
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Thanks! Exactly the balance I am trying to achieve. There are a lot of in-depth guides, but they can be overwhelming to the average person.
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Someone commented on a repost of this guide: "Missing stract.com, it’s like old school google before the ads. A little slow to update to latest web crawl, but much better content returned"
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Note: kagi has also 100 limited search queries and to get more you have to pay
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This is a huge thing to note. Kagi works well but if you set it as your default search engine and use the internet like a normal person that goes online a lot you’ll burn through 100 searches in like 2 days. 300 searches is $5 and unlimited is $10 iirc, though it’s less if you pay yearly. It also includes ai stuff
I just use a combo of mojeek and ecosia. Mojeek is more private. Ecosia is privacy oriented but searches are still passed to microsoft, though with most (but not all) identifiers stripped out
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I do note that Kagi is paid, but could have made it more prominent. The free version isn't enough to use as your default search engine.
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I pay for Kagi, and it’s well worth it.
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It was hard to keep this guide light on text with all the specifics that need to be covered. Feedback is always welcome!
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iirc I read Startpage is owned by a US company
Edit: thanks for another edition @FallenWalnut@lemmy.world, I do appreciate them :)
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As always, these guides are highly valuable and easy to understand!
I found a search string that cycles through available public instances of SearXNG. It has been an awesome experience
I'm planning to experiment with my own instance soon
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DDG has a shady founder. They also build their own index tough.
Qwant has a problematic owner and had a significant privacy issue.
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You should have added an “is absolutely worthless” border around everything there.
Good job though. Like, not your fault search is broken.
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Have to disagree there. Kagi is an excellent alternative and it's own index is getting better by the day. Qwant is also becoming a more prominent player and looks to be getting more support from EU
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Doesn’t want just use googles index?
and fair play about kagi. Like, it’s usable and frequently actually works, which is more than I can say for everything else. It’s still not where a usable search engine should be but it doesn’t happen overnight and is the diamond in an otherwise repugnant turd.
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I’m confused about Gmail listed as a search engine. Google is the search engine, as I understand it, and Gmail is a mail client. Or you could put Alphabet I guess.
Sorry.. was a mistake as I copied over the structure from a previous guide. Meant to say Google Search.