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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Redirects your search to Google. You can put it anywhere in the search; for example !g how do i shot web, how do i shot web !g and how do i !g shot web will all land you into Google.

There are other 13k (yup) bangs like this. Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Yahoo, Quora, most gaming wikis, etc. A few sites (like Google and Bing) have multiple bangs, that land you directly into a specific page (e.g. !bv searches Bing videos). More info here.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

*how do i shot web

[–] Celediel@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

I'll fix it! I forgot that this is like "an hero", one of those memes where the error is part of the charm.