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submitted 1 year ago by leninmummy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What search engine is currently showing the most useful results? What other tricks do we have aside of adding "reddit" or whatever internet community to the results?

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[-] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Use a decentralized SearXNG instance and have it query every search engine that exists on the internet, or host your own of you're really actually worried about privacy, and never look back.

[-] hypna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I just tried two of the instances listed with a search for "how to filter mineral spirits", and they both gave me errors. Both Google and DDG gave me an answer. Is there some trick I'm missing here?

[-] sam@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The instances get overloaded quickly and the IPs blocked by google/Microsoft/etc.. Better off self-hosting.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

+1 for SearXNG. I've personally found mostly better results, for my use cases, than Google or duckduckgo, although I keep DDG as a backup.

[-] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

SearXNG is great.

I think the features I'm missing are easily adding more engines (haven't looked much into it), and automatically blacklisting domains from coming up in searches.

[-] DRx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

+1 for SearXNG… I run my own instance in docker, and host it through a cloud flare tunnel. I set all my “web browser bars” on all my devices to auto use its address, so I don’t even have to think about it, and all my searches are auto routed through my instance. It’s Great!

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