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Search engine without SEO garbage? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Been looking for a search engine that isn't plauged with SEO garbage every time I look for anything. Been using DDG for quite a long time now, and I'm starting to get dissatisfied with results. It seems like more and more results are just companies trying to make their way to the top of the search results instead of anything organic. It's even worse when I look for any kind of service or product.

Looking for as close to 100% organic results as possible.

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm hearing a lot of recommendations for Kagi. Maybe when I can afford another subscription service, but that time isn't right now.

I'm also not a fan of having all my searches potentially tied to one account, even if they say they respect privacy. Makes me very weary to try it.

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

$5/month is very steep, and it only includes 300 searches. There's no way Google makes that per month off of advertising to me, and I really don't see how $1/month wouldn't be more than enough to cover their costs.

[–] trashhalo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Google has probably managed to reduce cost at scale. I'd expect kagis internal cost per search to go down with time. But they may not pass those saving onto the user.

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Just remember that when something is free, you're the product.