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minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·5 days agoStill shocked to see people in 202X pull up a web search and it’s Google 🤢
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoThe average person doesn’t even know there’s other options. So, it’s working as designed.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoI guess that’s the benefit of a virtual monopoly.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoI just tried this prompt on Gemini and it worked really well: Give me search results like a 1999 Google search on the content of the modern web for: “your search terms here” Not sure how long that will continue to appear un-biased and un-polluted by SEO, but it did pretty good for the things I tried.
minus-squareAdolfSchmitler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI was more an AskJeevs guy myself
minus-squareDudleyMason@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhy? There hasn’t been a search engine worth the bandwidth it eats since infoseek got shut down.
minus-squaresome_kind_of_guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4 days agoUh, Kagi, Mojeek, DDG, Ecosia, searx (self-hosted or non). That’s just off the top of my head
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoFor general searches they all worked pretty until just recently for some reason
minus-squareDudleyMason@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIf by “just recently” you mean “around 2010”, then sure.
minus-squareDanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoWhen’s the last time you used Kagi? I alternate between that and DDG and dude Kagi is probably the best one I have ever tried. Better than google even.
Still shocked to see people in 202X pull up a web search and it’s Google 🤢
The average person doesn’t even know there’s other options. So, it’s working as designed.
I guess that’s the benefit of a virtual monopoly.
Unfortunately
Better alternative?
Literally any one
I just tried this prompt on Gemini and it worked really well:
Give me search results like a 1999 Google search on the content of the modern web for: “your search terms here”
Not sure how long that will continue to appear un-biased and un-polluted by SEO, but it did pretty good for the things I tried.
I was more an AskJeevs guy myself
Why? There hasn’t been a search engine worth the bandwidth it eats since infoseek got shut down.
Uh, Kagi, Mojeek, DDG, Ecosia, searx (self-hosted or non). That’s just off the top of my head
For general searches they all worked pretty until just recently for some reason
If by “just recently” you mean “around 2010”, then sure.
When’s the last time you used Kagi? I alternate between that and DDG and dude Kagi is probably the best one I have ever tried. Better than google even.