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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don't like the idea of AI giving me "facts" since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's just that Bing/DDG seem to promote news from these sites as if they're sponsored links... but without the disclosure.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

bummer.

I see all the labeled sponsored links on Bing, but I generally get high quality results outside of those.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure here in the states, a site is obligated to identify ad content and sponsored content, so when a big company like Microsoft or Alphabet is doing it (Bing and Google) it makes me wonder if there's been a recent carve-out or relaxation of the reg.

That makes the return adversarial to the end-user, hence the point of the regulations.