To be frank if the main concern is search result quality, then Google is the best, bar none. Other than Google, there's Bing, and DuckDuckGo (which doesn't exclusively pull from Bing but much of...
To be frank if the main concern is search result quality, then Google is the best, bar none.
Other than Google, there's Bing, and DuckDuckGo (which doesn't exclusively pull from Bing but much of it is composited from Bing). But the main reason to choose either of those would be ideological, not practical.
I recently stumbled on an article focusing on another factor potentially worth considering too: Which search engine serves up the most conspiracy theories? Relevant tweet from one of the study...
That’s their search engine’s business model. Why would you use it if it wasn’t the best? Their monetary incentives are around showing you ads first and results second. They’ll do their best to...
Google doesn't care about helping you find things
That’s their search engine’s business model. Why would you use it if it wasn’t the best? Their monetary incentives are around showing you ads first and results second. They’ll do their best to make the ads as relevant as possible. You can use ad block to remove them if you want.
I typically use duckduckgo. Their schbang feature lets you easily hop to dedicated searches if their results are suboptimal. Use it by throwing these combos in the query My most common schbangs:...
I typically use duckduckgo. Their schbang feature lets you easily hop to dedicated searches if their results are suboptimal. Use it by throwing these combos in the query
The bang syntax is what keeps me on DDG. I commonly use the base DDG search and then if I'm not finding what I'm looking for I'll throw a !g at it. I also use: !a for Amazon searches !imdb when...
The bang syntax is what keeps me on DDG. I commonly use the base DDG search and then if I'm not finding what I'm looking for I'll throw a !g at it. I also use:
!a for Amazon searches
!imdb when I've got an actors name on the tip of my tongue
I self-hosted both Whoogle and Searx in the past, they are pretty good :) Whoogle is very similar to Startpage, while Searx is a meta-searchengine. I definitely recommend them if you're geeky and...
I self-hosted both Whoogle and Searx in the past, they are pretty good :)
Whoogle is very similar to Startpage, while Searx is a meta-searchengine. I definitely recommend them if you're geeky and patient enough.
I mostly use Google or DuckDuckGo. Otherwise I also use specific sites depending on what I search for like GitHub's search for code, Reddit for some topics, Twitter tags, YouTube, etc.
I mostly use Google or DuckDuckGo. Otherwise I also use specific sites depending on what I search for like GitHub's search for code, Reddit for some topics, Twitter tags, YouTube, etc.
I would be interested in the logic that shows Google doesn't care about giving you decent results. Either way, I use DuckDuckGo and it's great, never had any issues with it. I reckon part of that...
I would be interested in the logic that shows Google doesn't care about giving you decent results.
Either way, I use DuckDuckGo and it's great, never had any issues with it. I reckon part of that is a good idea of how to use search engines though. I always think that Google corrects for bad search terms quite well, whereas DDG needs more precision at the outset.
Duckduckgo is probably the best search engine from a privacy standpoint. Bing has really good video search which ironically makes it a better search engine for porn than what a lot of porn sites...
Duckduckgo is probably the best search engine from a privacy standpoint.
Bing has really good video search which ironically makes it a better search engine for porn than what a lot of porn sites offer. For everything else it's crap.
I haven't seen Brave's search mentioned yet, so I'll throw that out there. I use it and DDG about equal amounts, depending on which computer I'm on. Haven't settled on one, but they're both give...
I haven't seen Brave's search mentioned yet, so I'll throw that out there. I use it and DDG about equal amounts, depending on which computer I'm on. Haven't settled on one, but they're both give decent results and the bang shortcuts are super useful.
There’s a beta site out there that looks like a ckntender called kagi. It’s working pretty well for me. All other engines seem less useful than yhey used to be. There’s also a new project for a...
There’s a beta site out there that looks like a ckntender called kagi. It’s working pretty well for me. All other engines seem less useful than yhey used to be.
There’s also a new project for a paid search engine. Can’t remember it’s name, it sounds like something from 2010, may e starts with an “n”.
To be frank if the main concern is search result quality, then Google is the best, bar none.
Other than Google, there's Bing, and DuckDuckGo (which doesn't exclusively pull from Bing but much of it is composited from Bing). But the main reason to choose either of those would be ideological, not practical.
@Seirdy put together a great comparison of search engines a while back.
I recently stumbled on an article focusing on another factor potentially worth considering too:
Which search engine serves up the most conspiracy theories?
Relevant tweet from one of the study authors:
https://twitter.com/AUrman21/status/1468529694962294786
Link to study:
Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results
(sorry i'm late) Thanks for the shout-out! I just updated Qwant's info.
That’s their search engine’s business model. Why would you use it if it wasn’t the best? Their monetary incentives are around showing you ads first and results second. They’ll do their best to make the ads as relevant as possible. You can use ad block to remove them if you want.
I typically use duckduckgo. Their schbang feature lets you easily hop to dedicated searches if their results are suboptimal. Use it by throwing these combos in the query
My most common schbangs:
Alternatively, check out https://www.searx.me/
That can be self-hosted.
The bang syntax is what keeps me on DDG. I commonly use the base DDG search and then if I'm not finding what I'm looking for I'll throw a !g at it. I also use:
Edit: a typo
And they're user-contributed, too!
I only wish they kept their Instant Answers infrastructure open. They're really lacking compared to Google.
I've been using Ecosia and haven't had any issues with the results not being great.
https://www.startpage.com/
https://www.startpage.com/en/about-us/
One thing that is ofyen neglected is which languages do you search in. Some engines are pretty crap at anything that is not English.
I self-hosted both Whoogle and Searx in the past, they are pretty good :)
Whoogle is very similar to Startpage, while Searx is a meta-searchengine. I definitely recommend them if you're geeky and patient enough.
I mostly use Google or DuckDuckGo. Otherwise I also use specific sites depending on what I search for like GitHub's search for code, Reddit for some topics, Twitter tags, YouTube, etc.
I would be interested in the logic that shows Google doesn't care about giving you decent results.
Either way, I use DuckDuckGo and it's great, never had any issues with it. I reckon part of that is a good idea of how to use search engines though. I always think that Google corrects for bad search terms quite well, whereas DDG needs more precision at the outset.
Duckduckgo is probably the best search engine from a privacy standpoint.
Bing has really good video search which ironically makes it a better search engine for porn than what a lot of porn sites offer. For everything else it's crap.
I haven't seen Brave's search mentioned yet, so I'll throw that out there. I use it and DDG about equal amounts, depending on which computer I'm on. Haven't settled on one, but they're both give decent results and the bang shortcuts are super useful.
You.com is looking pretty promising. It's in beta at the moment. However, it is privacy-focused while still retaining lots of neat features.
There’s a beta site out there that looks like a ckntender called kagi. It’s working pretty well for me. All other engines seem less useful than yhey used to be.
There’s also a new project for a paid search engine. Can’t remember it’s name, it sounds like something from 2010, may e starts with an “n”.