cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360
Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.
Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.
Recommend a list of alternatives:
- Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
- Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
- Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
- DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary
More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/
are you aware of any instances that have lasted longer than a few months?
https://search.rhscz.eu/ or check https://fmhy.net/storage#searx-instances
I have it set up on my own home server. Before that, I had it set up on individual PCs. It’s super easy. I guess you mean public instances. I’ve never used one because it is so easy to set up for yourself.
searx.garudalinux.org
Is that such an issue? If so, I could set up an open instance.
Nah, it isn’t, there is a whole instances list and there are always the same instance, often some new ones pop up but that’s it, there are also some great instances not in the list