steve mookie kong<p>Yesterday I paid for a year subscription of Kagi (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kagihq</span></a></span>). I had been testing it for a few days and it reminds me of the olden days of Google. </p><p>Clean UI that gives me results at the top of the page.</p><p>Google has gone overboard with the ads and sponsored results cluttering the interface. Not to mention the AI overview at the top of each search.</p><p><a href="https://chow.fan/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kagi</span></a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
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Glyn Moody<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-search-engines-give-incorrect-answers-at-an-alarming-60-rate-study-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-</span><span class="invisible">search-engines-give-incorrect-answers-at-an-alarming-60-rate-study-says/</span></a> yes, they really are getting worse...</p>
George Macgregor<p>Good grief. This is far, far worse than I thought possible. On average, <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> assistants were confidently incorrect on > 60% of queries. Especially pleased Grok 3 was incorrect on > 94% of queries! 😉 All tip of the iceberg stuff.</p><p>AI agents delivered "confident presentations of incorrect information, misleading attributions to syndicated content, and inconsistent information retrieval practices."</p><p>AI Search Has A <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Citation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citation</span></a> Problem - Columbia <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> Review<br><a href="https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared</span><span class="invisible">-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php</span></a></p>
Kagi HQ<p>We are committed to surfacing content from the Small Web in our search results, which makes Kagi uniquely different to any other search engine out there. </p><p>It is not only part of our mission to humanize the web but we genuinely feel that this improves the quality of search results and discoverability of high quality, relevant content (created by humans!)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>I get really frustrated with the limitations of fediverse search some days. I want to search for whether @user, who I follow (or is me), posted anything with the tag <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/HashTag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashTag</span></a>. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard to program this kind of cross-referencing into the search tools in fediverse apps. But I've yet to see it done.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/FediverseSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseSearch</span></a></p>
Melissa<p>I'm a little confused as I use <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldi</span></a> on my laptop. I'm liking a lot of the features....except <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <br>1. Is Duck Duck Go a good choice? I read and don't retain reviews. Better suggestion?<br>2.Can I add my search engine to my start page?</p>
fluffy 💜<p>busybee: fluffy rambles: DuckDuckGo has DuckDuckWent all-in on AI <a href="https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/8719-DuckDuckGo-has-DuckDuckWent-all-in-on-AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beesbuzz.biz/blog/8719-DuckDuc</span><span class="invisible">kGo-has-DuckDuckWent-all-in-on-AI</span></a> <a href="https://plush.city/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://plush.city/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://plush.city/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href="https://plush.city/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Drew<p>What is everyone using for search that is not google? Tried a couple but not found a good alternative so far <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
Jeri Dansky<p>it's nice to see reporting that doesn't mince words.</p><p>"Google’s featured snippet is pulling in an Amazon AI summary of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf that calls it “a true work of art” in the latest AI-related fuckup affecting top search results."</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/google-amazon-ai-search-mein-kampf-reviews/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/google-amazon-ai-s</span><span class="invisible">earch-mein-kampf-reviews/</span></a></p><p>Having ditched my subscriptions to NYT (long ago), WaPo and the LA Times, I'm glad to be a paid subscriber to the journalism from places like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>A new report has exposed the stark reality behind AI search engine promises, revealing a plunge in referral traffic for publishers and a surge in covert website scraping by AI giants like OpenAI and Perplexity.</p><p><a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/ai-search-hurting-publisher-traffic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/a</span><span class="invisible">i-search-hurting-publisher-traffic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perplexity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
Kagi HQ<p>Happy Friday! We’re hiring. Kagi is looking for a Flutter Developer, is this you?</p><p><a href="https://kagi.peopleforce.io/careers/v/108459-flutter-developer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kagi.peopleforce.io/careers/v/</span><span class="invisible">108459-flutter-developer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Remote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Remote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flutter</span></a></p>
Vivaldi<p>Looking to get away from Big Tech? Here are some European alternatives you should check out! 🙏 </p><p>🔍 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@StartpageSearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>StartpageSearch</span></a></span> – Search engine from the Netherlands<br>🔍 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Qwant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Qwant</span></a></span> – Search engine from France<br>🔍 <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosia</span></a> – Search engine from Germany<br>🔒☁️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> – VPN & Cloud storage from Switzerland<br>🔒 <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OctoVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OctoVPN</span></a> – VPN from Norway<br>☁️ <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Cryptee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptee</span></a> – Cloud storage, based in Estonia<br>☁️ <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Jottacloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jottacloud</span></a> – Cloud storage from Norway</p><p>… And we got you covered with a browser. ❤️ </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VivaldiBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VivaldiBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>If I'm looking for wind down entertainment, the internal search on YouTub is utterly useless. You need to know specific channels. Multimillion-dollar recommendation algorithms are kind of a failure. </p><p>Creativity and curation are still of value.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/YouTub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTub</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> makes it easier to delete personal info from <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> results</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/google-makes-it-easier-to-delete-personal-info-from-search-results/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-makes-it-easier-to-delete-personal-info-from-search-results/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> offering free trials without credit card</p><p><a href="https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/kagi-30-days-pro-for-free-without-credit-card/12645" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.techlore.tech/t/kagi-3</span><span class="invisible">0-days-pro-for-free-without-credit-card/12645</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a></p>
Xamanismo Coletivo<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Disenshittify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disenshittify</span></a>, NOW!! We have a chance: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>!!</p><p>"…thanks to internal memos published during last year's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> trial against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, we know what they did. They made <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> worse. They reduced the system's accuracy it so you had to search twice or more to get to the answer, thus doubling the number of queries, and doubling the number of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a>.</p><p>Meanwhile, Google entered into a secret, illegal collusive arrangement with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>, codenamed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/JediBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JediBlue</span></a>, to rig the ad market, fixing prices so advertisers paid more and publishers got less." <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a><br><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/urs</span><span class="invisible">ula-franklin/</span></a></p>
David August<p>2) I found a searxng instance I wanted to use: <br><a href="https://searx.space/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">searx.space/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>3) I added it as a new option in my Firefox for the default search engine: <br><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox#w_default-search-engine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/c</span><span class="invisible">hange-your-default-search-settings-firefox#w_default-search-engine</span></a> </p><p>And now I can have the searxng of my choice set as my default search engine. </p><p>🧵 2/2 end</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/settings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/searx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DataEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metasearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metasearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federated</span></a></p>
David August<p>As our digital lives in the US become less stable and private, I wanted to figure out how to choose what search engine my browser uses. </p><p>I just added a new default search engine option for my Firefox on my MacBook (Mac OS). </p><p>1) add an extension to Firefox to allow me to add a different default search engine: <br><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef</span><span class="invisible">ox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/</span></a> </p><p>🧵 1/2 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/settings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/searx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DataEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metasearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metasearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federated</span></a></p>
Kagi HQ<p>Ads harm the web: they slow it down, invade privacy, manipulate behavior, and even spread malware (malvertising).</p><p>Removing ads from the web is the way forward.</p><p>Kagi will actively down-rank sites with lots of ads and trackers in the results and promote sites with little or no advertising.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdFree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoAds</span></a></p>
richh<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Mojeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mojeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a>. Tried a couple of years back and struggled. They deliberately use a basic keyword search rather than second-guessing the user with semantic search. In theory I should like that, but couldn't get on with it. Last year they put in some *basic* semantics - typo correction, etc - and it feels much more usable. Trying it as a daily driver and probably falling back to another search engine 30% of the time (for slightly niche work stuff). <a href="https://www.mojeek.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mojeek.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a></p>
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