pglpm

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[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, though I think I also read it from other sources. But I want to read more and find out further news about those claims.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

No, I stand corrected: the summary/snippet wasn't showing some of the quoted search words, but the page had all of them. Well done SearXNG.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Trying it these past days and I'm impressed!

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn't know about this – that may explain the problem.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Nice initiative besides the search service! Thanks for sharing.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

True about the good old-Google feeling! I want to find how much about of the shadiness claims about Startpage have been substantiated or denied.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Really funny about page 😂 Cool that they share the git code!

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Admittedly it could be a temporary fluctuation of some kind.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I tried Kagi for a while, but it was giving me less useful results than DDG, so I simply left it. I think it depends a lot on what kinds of searches one does, and Kagi is more useful for other users.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll give Qwant too a try, cheers! Testing SearXNG for a couple of days first.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tried Startpage a while ago, but was put off but some alleged iffy dealings of the company behind it. Trying SearXNG now and I'm impressed!

[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been using SearXNG during the last day and I'm quite impressed too so far!

True what you say about the problems behind net search. It's actually a very complex problem. In my opinion part of the problem is that there's a lot (most?) of rubbish out there. It's like a library with useful books of different genres all mixed together, and mixed with an even larger amount of nonsense books. Maybe a solution would be something completely different from indexing – but I have no idea what.

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
 

For several years I've been using DuckDuckGo instead of Google Search, and I've been overall quite happy with the results. Only rarely had I to resort to Google search (!g).

During the last month or two, however, I've found myself using the !g switch and Google search more than half of the time. DuckDuckGo shows no or few results where Google shows more (and useful) ones.

Still I don't want to give in. So:

  • Have you also experienced this worsening of DuckDuckGo?
  • Which other more privacy-respecting alternatives do you recommend?
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