Google for ordinary search. For more challenging qwant, searX.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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I just run a searxng instance for myself. Fetches from multiple sources.
I've heard good things about kagi, but it does require paying for (though you can try out a free tier to see if it'll work for you)
I use MullvadVPN and recently started using Mullvads leta search service. It is basically a Front End for Googles Search APi. The result of an external audit was released recently.
The results arengood so far, but I'm not sure if I'll be using it long term.
DDG
I use DuckDuckGo and am happy with it
Yeah im like 99% happy with DuckDuckGo, except for images. The image results are always awful I find, so I just have to open up google images when I need an image. Dont think I can avoid that, but yeah
The dealbreaker for me with DDG is they use Apple maps as default and don't let you change it.
Yeah that's the one thing that really bothers me too.
Not exactly the solution you're looking for but starting a search on DDG with "!gm" will search google maps directly.
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Honestly the search bangs are the killer duckduckgo feature. I started using it because I was upset with Google hiding search results, but it's being able to easily search any search engine that keeps me using it.
Yeah, but I almost always end up using the !g bang anyway. And its so stuck in my fingers that I sometimes mistakenly write !g wen searchphrase when I want to search on wikipedia. Im cursed.
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Bangs are amazing and I use it about 3x as often as I use the normal search on DuckDuckGo.
I've ditched Google. I use Qwant for searching. It's about the same as Google in terms of results, I think.
I use Qwant right now and used it a bit in the past and it's really bad for my use. I literally always have to swap to Google just to get a result which answers what I check for. :/
I do occasionally swap to Google if I can't find anything with qwant, but I usually can't find anything with Google either then.
Maybe your search terms are too broad? Or not broad enough?
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I'm using Startpage and it's been mostly fine. The biggest issue is that the "nested" results that come from Google (e.g. a forum and related posts) don't show in Startpage, it will only show the main result.
I really wanted to use something like SearXNG, but I get basically zero results whenever I use an instance, no idea if I'm missing something in how they work.
I’ve used DuckDuckGo for a long time now and have never had a problem with it
Yes, I also switched to DDG, before there were so many options on the market, and its been more than sufficient since then.
I have a feeling I'm not utilizing search engies as much as I should, as I only use them to navigate to other websites.
The built-in conversion tools are really great, and the Wikipedia info-box has saved me many clicks, but aside from this, I really just need a search engine that works, without selling my data to the highest bidder.
DuckDuckGo is just that for me.
Selfhosted SearxNG with Google and duckduckgo
I hop between Brave search, Startpage and DuckDuckGo depending on the results I get.
Would https://google.com/ncr help you? It's google "no country redirect"
Doesn't work for me. It goes straight to google.com without anything after it. :/
As much as I dislike it, mainly Google still. Sometimes Bing for the AI help. Brave Search is also really good and the only new search engine I can see surpassing Google some day.
Brave's latest update made it so image searches are only through Google or Bing for mr. After seeing this, I've been using ecosia.org and it's fantastic!
Ecosia image search is literally just searching Bing through a middle-man.
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Brave search. When I don't find something I try with google.
Most of the time brave search is good enough. But everyone searches for different things so idk.
Ever since switching to Brave search I've had no issues with any of my searches. The AI summary at the top of the search has been helpful sometimes too.
I'm still sticking with google. I check duckduckgo occasionally but always find it to be subpar.
yandex for sailing the piraseas, SearNX instance for everything else.
Duckduckgo. I stpped using google for the privacy stuff but I stayed because of the language switch.
I don't know if I tweaked a setting to achieve it, but I have a language switch below the search bar. Google always showed me german results when searching for something english and the other wy around, so I love this feature. Search results are good enough for me, so duckduckgo it is.
Searx. https://xo.wtf
Also a searx user. I started recently and the ability to.choose the engines for the various categories is something I never thought of. The science category, for example, is extremely nice.
I also use Searx but to be honest I end up using other search engines for 99% of my queries.
I use searx for everything except conversions. For example "!ddg 0.35xmr in usd"
Hosting my own Whoogle and LibreX, they work decently well for my purpose.
Been very happy with DuckDuckGo for a while now.
I started using Kagi recently and it’s fantastic. The results have been great, it’s pretty customisable and it uses all the same ! bangs as DuckDuckGo. Don’t feel like I have to use Google at all anymore (which wasn’t the case when I used DDG as my go-to). Plus, since it’s a paid service, there are no ads and no guff.
Like several others, self hosted searxng instance. Suits me perfectly
Duckduckgo by default, adding !g bang syntax to use google if DDG isn't helping.
Surprising no one has said Metager yet, very privacy focused search engine, no hassle.
Brave. It’s interesting getting completely different results than from any of the big players. And the results from Brave are often better.
I use the Brave browser on my phone. The searches are good, but I mainly like that I can watch YouTube without adds, and make the video windowed and even turn off the phone screen while it plays.
I use Duckkduckgo, I'd like to use Kagi though, From my short experience, the results were excellent and I'd like to curate the websites I like and don't more as I think that would improve things the results even more.
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