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Best ad-free search results? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago by lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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This has been a a tough one, Google gives all ad-focused results, and DuckDuckGo gives crap results (imho)

I did find Kagi recently but they charge after 100 free trial searches, and I'm considering paying for it because it's so good. Best results I've gotten anywhere in a long time.

Thanks!

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[–] geoma@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Searxng?

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago

You can pick what search engines are sourced, which is fanatic, and it's fully anonymous. My preferred instance is disroot's (https://search.disroot.org) as they are a super trustworthy nonprofit in my book.

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kagi is pretty decent. It's worth supporting else the space will continue to be dominated by advertising monopolies.

[–] franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I signed up for it last night for exactly that reason.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Kagi is good at filtering that low effort trash, but it’s behind a subscription

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use kagi and really like it. I find it worth the money as a business owner and software dev. I feel I'm more productive.

You can set up your own "lenses" which are targeted, customized searches and then use a keyword to invoke them. Pretty handy when you routinely search for obscure topics.

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

The ability to prioritise and pin results from different sites is what won me over. Pinning stackoverflow helps filter a lot of junk when resolving programing issues, and when working with geometry I've pinned or prioritised a few different resources that better explain the mathematics

[–] alehc@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago

Get kagi. Easily 10x better than ddg or google.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

I've had Qwant foisted on me by Firefox and it's decent enough, I find, no complaints.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

https://wiby.me/

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

I love this, reminds me of when I first found StumbleUpon and the OG Yahoo that was a hand-curated directory.

[–] lidd1ejimmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Haha those results tho

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use SearxNG and Ecosia

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

Ecosia isn't ad free... And if you using them ad free you're just hurting them in their mission.

[–] jarredpickles87@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious to know people's thoughts on Startpage. I've been using it exclusively for a good couple months now and like it.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Owned by a for-profit company, and it puts ads on top of your search results now.

[–] jarredpickles87@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Oh really? Man, I thought I was doing good. I never see ads since I use uBlock Origin.