DuckDuckGo always
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Nothing compares to DuckDuckGo with bangs, which let you change over to any other search engine with two or three characters. I usually use !g (Google), !w (Wikipedia) and !aw (ArchWiki).
Holy shit! I think you just changed my life!
I didn't know DDG introduced that feature. That's sick honestly. They even have bangs for my more obscure wikis.
I had no idea they had this feature. Thank you, I don't think I'll use anything ever again unless I absolutely have to now.
DDG
I use Qwant and find it gives me better results than Google most of the time. It claims to be private and such, so I'm happy with it.
Thank you for reminding me about Qwant! I will set it as my default to try it out again. I remember that I did not find it too impressive a few years back. Felt like the exact same results as Bing, even though it supposedly has its own index.
DuckDuckGo 95% of the time, Google if I’m having trouble finding something.
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DuckDuckGo, if that doesn't work then I go to Startpage.
I use DDG pretty exclusively. I've never had issues with it, I set it as default and didn't think about it after that
I use DDG and im pretty happy with it. I now pretty much only use google if i need to find working hours and location of a store on google maps, as DDG doesnt have that information as obviously available
Searxng (searx.be) / startpage
I use Startpage, a privacy focused search engine which uses Google powerful search engine but without sending the actual data to them. The result are pretty good. You can change both the language and region in the settings. Bad part of Startpage is it is a for profit company (some advertising will be displayed using past search history only)
I use ublock origin and block the ads
DDG almost 100% of the time.
Bing, actually. I think it has greatly improved. Mostly. Plus the new Bing and AI stuff has been great. Much better than google
Wow, are we going to see the downfall of Google in our lifetimes?!
The AI part really is what makes Bing great. I noticed that I save so much time by asking programming related question to Bing chat instead of going through a bunch of semi related results. And normal search results are also often fine.
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I use one of the searxng instances or startpage.com
Ddg, brave and startpage
Big fan of DuckDuckGo and Startpage. Brave Search is also a fine choice, as well.
I’ve also been using Duck Duck go. I hadn’t heard about Startpage before.
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DDG all the way
I'm using Startpage.com (can set the location - I also have the problem that I use a VPN and keep getting not the language I want. IDK how to make it stick though), and Kagi paid for a bit now.
Ecosia, but I need to setup a SearXNG instance sometime.
DDG. On a related note, it seems like Google doesn't know me at all, 'cause they always give me wiki results in my local language over the english wiki, although I exclusively click the google search result for English Wikipedia further down...
I use my own instance of SearXNG, its private, and has good settings. It is a few milliseconds slow with some searches taking 1 second.
I use DDG on desktop and Google on mobile. Unfortunately Google still has some conveniences that I can't give up just yet.
DuckDuckGo is great, I also switched to Brave Search a couple months ago. The results aren't as good, but I like how it's independently indexed.
I use a mix of DuckDuckGo, Bing and links through Bing Chat.
I mainly use DDG, including bangs to search other sites, but I occasionally still use Google if I'm having trouble finding something.
I use DuckDuckGo and am happy with it
I use Bing now due to Microsoft Rewards and Bing AI
Presearch. I run a node and get paid for running it. The searches are solid as well.
What do yiu like about presearch?
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