Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? - eviltoast

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.

  • tk1ll3r@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    441·
    2 months ago

    Same. Using Kagi feels like surfing the old web. The first thing I did was block all Pinterest results. That alone made every search golden. 😂

    • ownsauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      I hate Pinterest lol, best thing about Kagi is being able to block whole sites and it remembers your preferences. I may come back to Kagi but I didn’t feel like funding their AI features development. Now Im using Searx and 4get cause they’re free.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      You’re not the only one. They have a leaderboard and the top 7 results are various Pinterest domains.