cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4448974

I’ve recently started using a self hosted SearXNG instance but I’m still using the search engines enabled by default (google, duckduckgo and qwant). What search engines do you have enabled or which ones do you feel you’ve gotten the best results with?

  • renlok@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been using kagi for the last few months, I like it but due to the pricing it’s changes how I use search.

    • peregus@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve used it for about a month, but the number of searches I do is over the $10/month plan, so I should switch to the next that is $25/month, definitely too much! I’ll keep using Google within it’s own container in Firefox so that it can’t track anything and without any ads thanks to PiHole (or is it uBlock Origin?).

    • kevincox@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      I just define my own bangs. Both Firefox and Google let you set up custom search engines easily. For example I just type d bag of holding into my URL bar and it searched my favourite D&D reference site. Faster, private and I can select whatever search engine I want for regular search.

      • throwawayish@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 years ago

        That’s good to know! And I’m sure it’s beneficial information for those that were unaware of that. However, (unless I’m wrong) the method you described requires you to be deliberate and precise in the placement of your own bang; i.e. bag of d holding or bag of holding d wouldn’t work. As I often just start typing whatever I want to search/look for and only notice midway/afterwards that I hadn’t specified where I would like to search, the built-in ‘bangs’ in Firefox/Chrome just wouldn’t cut it unless I would try to rewire my behavior.

        • kevincox@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 years ago

          I guess that is true. It isn’t an issue for the way my brain works. You could type Home d Space but that is a bit more awkward to type.

    • Fisch@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I heard that Google has been getting quite a bit worse over the years, so I hoped that someone may know a search engine that’s better