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Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 months ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We all keep saying this but can anybody point me to which one is better?

I invariably end up having to go back to them because the other search engines all have their own problems.

The issue is the internet is polluted with SEO and all the useful things that used to be spread out are now condensed onto places like Reddit, or places that aren't even being indexed.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Supposedly there's a paid one that is good. I haven't tried. The thing is Google is completely enshittified. They don't have to care about you or the sites you search. So my theory is Bing is better because they are hungrier and anything that takes away market share from Google is good—but I'm fully aware that Microsoft was just as shitty as Google and will be again if they get back on top.

Everything else I know of is either just an alternate front end for one of them or an aggregator of both. So you're right, there's precious little alternative to Google. But it's almost bad enough I'm ready for the return of web rings of good sites vouching for each other.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I assume you're talking about kagi. I pay for their $5/month subscription and it's great

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Serious question. Can you spell out for me the exact advantages you feel they provide? I have a free account, but every time I try them out I feel like their answers are honestly a little bit worse than Ecosia.

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I find Kagi results a little bit better than Google's (for most things). I like that certain categories of results are put in their own sections (listicles, forums) so they're easy to ignore if you want. I like that I can prioritize, deprioritize, block, or pin results from certain domains. I like that I can quickly switch "lenses" to one of the predefined or custom lenses.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Ok I don’t think I’m doing it right then. Is there a tutorial?

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

my theory is Bing is better because they are hungrier and anything that takes away market share from Google is good

If you think Microsoft is in the business of innovation and healthy competition, you're wrong.

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/bing-copies-google

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

If that was what you took from my post, give it another read. I'm not pro MS. I'm pro not feeding Google. And Bing is fine.