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What's your opinion? Does google really "not work" anymore? Are there any better search engines? Why did the quality of search results go down? I honestly stumbled onto this question through this music video, what is ironic in it's own way i feel...

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[–] Thalestr@beehaw.org 49 points 1 year ago (21 children)

SEO and AI-generated clickbait have basically ruined most search engines. I've yet to find one that can really tackle this properly. I believe Kagi offers higher quality results but I can't really verify that myself as I don't have an account with them.

[–] djquadratic@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (20 children)

kagi seems very enticing to me, but man thats expensive... anyone here use it?

[–] coldredlight@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

I'm still on my trial period but I think I'm going to pay when it runs out, I've been really happy with it so far. I think it's saved me a good chunk of time at work I would have wasted digging through Google SEO crap so it feels like it's worth spending a few bucks on.

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