I hop between Brave search, Startpage and DuckDuckGo depending on the results I get.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Ecosia, but I need to setup a SearXNG instance sometime.
I just recently started using Startpage. The results to me so far seem pretty good but im in a country where I speak the language. And I like that it doesn't save my searches. For that I use DDG.
I'm using Startpage.com (can set the location - I also have the problem that I use a VPN and keep getting not the language I want. IDK how to make it stick though), and Kagi paid for a bit now.
I use a mix of DuckDuckGo, Bing and links through Bing Chat.
I use Ecosia. Supposedly I've done enough searches for 241 trees to be planted, and I've yet to see anything that suggests they dont follow through with the promise to fund the planting of trees (although I've not actively looked). I think it's backed by bing so the results are a bit iffy sometimes, but I use the equivalent of ddg bangs to search Google if I need
Ddg, brave and startpage
Surprising no one has said Metager yet, very privacy focused search engine, no hassle.
- searX
- DuckDuckGo
- Brave
I'm still sticking with google. I check duckduckgo occasionally but always find it to be subpar.
I've ditched Google. I use Qwant for searching. It's about the same as Google in terms of results, I think.
Qwant results are from Bing
Ecosia and DuckDuckGo
Me too. I prefer to use ddg-lite since I like my software to be minimalist. Ecosia provides good search results(maybe even better than ddg), a lot better than mojeek IMO. I use mojeek to find exotic content.
I decided to try to commit to Brave since it's the sole one to use open maps while DDG uses Apple.
Google for ordinary search. For more challenging qwant, searX.
Perplexity. It saves me a lot of time.
Searx. https://xo.wtf
I also use Searx but to be honest I end up using other search engines for 99% of my queries.
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Brave Search on all my personal devices, even though I'm getting worse results than up to a few months ago, so as much as it pains to admit it I sometimes use Google as a fallback (and the last time I actually used Google as my main search engine was back in 2012!). I probably should use metasearch engines more, though, but have been procrastinating learning how to effectively use them for a while now.
Aside from that, I have about a dozen sites saved with search keywords on Firefox (four of them are Wikipedia in different languages, though) that I use all the time.
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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 recently tried Brave and Duckduckgo, but I always come back to Startpage. It's a little bit slow but search result more satisfied for me.