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What search engine should I use? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by bpt11@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I used google for most of my life, for the past couple months I’ve been using brave search, but I still end up using google often because google images is far better than brave search images. I’m also worried that maybe brave search isn’t the best choice. What would you guys recommend?

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[–] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I use duckduckgo. It is Bing but with more privacy. You could try also searx, swisscows, startpage or qwant

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

does ddg not have its own search backend anymore?

[–] Mojeek@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

nope, it was yandex + bing, now bing: https://www.searchenginemap.com/

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

My reading is that the classic search listings are coming from Bing and the the quick answer type stuff is coming from DDGs systems.

[–] Mojeek@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the the quick answer type stuff is coming from DDGs systems.

which doesn't an index make, more like a fetcher for specific data

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