I liked startpage until it broke for my setup, it does not work well with proxy’s, VPN and AdBlock.
DuckDuckGo is my go to engine.
Maybe in the near future I will setup searx.
Also , in Germany there is ecosia but it also broke because of my setup.
pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works
on 13 Aug 09:09
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Searx is not the easy one. Many instances don’t work, and the working ones hardly show relevant results.
irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone
on 13 Aug 11:19
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Self-hosted isn’t as unstable because you don’t end up getting blocked by throttling as often if you’re the only user. Public instances tend to get hammered by bots and LLMs these days. Just put it behind a reverse proxy with a login or a VPN to keep others out. I use keycloak SSO in Traefik on a VPS, but pangolin works well for my web apps in my home. That said, it requires setup and maintenance. But no tracking since you own the server.
But TBH no generalized search engines are really good these days. They all mostly all overrun either by monetization schemes and ads or have been manipulated by SEO, so rarely give good results. I’ve been exploring lots of alternatives, but not many are any good.
pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works
on 13 Aug 21:02
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What do you mean no tracking since you own your own server? If you use it alone, there is a straightforward correlation between the requests from your searxng instance and you, the dude who hosts it. The idea of searxng is that requests of many people become mixed together through an instance
greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net
on 13 Aug 16:11
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Yeah I have not enjoyed it
SuperZorro@discuss.tchncs.de
on 13 Aug 18:51
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It used to be amazing, but lately the providers seem to have started fighting it. It’s take a while to get it setup correctly, especially if you want not only US results.
ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world
on 13 Aug 08:49
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This is how everyone learned games like The Floor is Lava
sunth1ef@sh.itjust.works
on 13 Aug 17:43
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Honestly, Kagi is crushing it. Their search results are so quality that family members of mine have agreed it is better than google. I never thought I’d pay for search but now am honestly glad I do.
Amaterasu@lemmy.world
on 13 Aug 21:17
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What do you use to replace the Google’s Image search?
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I liked startpage until it broke for my setup, it does not work well with proxy’s, VPN and AdBlock. DuckDuckGo is my go to engine. Maybe in the near future I will setup searx. Also , in Germany there is ecosia but it also broke because of my setup.
Searx is not the easy one. Many instances don’t work, and the working ones hardly show relevant results.
Self-hosted isn’t as unstable because you don’t end up getting blocked by throttling as often if you’re the only user. Public instances tend to get hammered by bots and LLMs these days. Just put it behind a reverse proxy with a login or a VPN to keep others out. I use keycloak SSO in Traefik on a VPS, but pangolin works well for my web apps in my home. That said, it requires setup and maintenance. But no tracking since you own the server.
But TBH no generalized search engines are really good these days. They all mostly all overrun either by monetization schemes and ads or have been manipulated by SEO, so rarely give good results. I’ve been exploring lots of alternatives, but not many are any good.
What do you mean no tracking since you own your own server? If you use it alone, there is a straightforward correlation between the requests from your searxng instance and you, the dude who hosts it. The idea of searxng is that requests of many people become mixed together through an instance
Yeah I have not enjoyed it
It used to be amazing, but lately the providers seem to have started fighting it. It’s take a while to get it setup correctly, especially if you want not only US results.
Mojeek ?
🖐🏻I using Mojeek.
xprivo?Based in Luxie.
Abandon search engines, normalize asking your cousins your questions again
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This is how everyone learned games like The Floor is Lava
Honestly, Kagi is crushing it. Their search results are so quality that family members of mine have agreed it is better than google. I never thought I’d pay for search but now am honestly glad I do.
What do you use to replace the Google’s Image search?
That is the area that I found more challenge.
Tineye, lenso.ai, picfinder? I’ve heard maybe Bing is better than Google now, but I don’t know.
I’ve been using Qwant and it’s really good, I think it’s better than DDG, at least for results in Italian
Brave search was surprisingly good, like google when it wasn’t shit.
I could never trust Brave. You can’t be a search or browser company and also run an ad network. It’s a conflict of interest.
4get.ca/instances
searx.space
hister.org
linkding.link
github.com/degoog-org
www.qwant.com
prieco.net
mwmbl.org
www.mojeek.com
wiby.org
yep.com
www.luxxle.com
onionsearchengine.com/index.php
www.chatnoir.eu
greppr.org
gibiru.com
alamin655-spacex.hf.space
www.dogpile.com
www.startpage.com
monstercrawler.com/#gsc.tab=0
www.ecosia.org
Was using 4get for a while but the instance seems to be broken, gonna try ecosia out for a while.