Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!

Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ecosia still uses American services though - they use Google, Bing, Yahoo and Wikipedia for search results.

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  • Redex68@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Among other things, they just recently announced that they’re starting to build an alternative index with Qwant.

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    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      You’re right but it’s still important to point out in this case since an American index would be subject to any American censorship law. It’s better to use Ecosia than Google for sure but we still gotta be aware of the type of bias we’re working with.

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    • person1@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.

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      • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Google maps is still the best for looking up local businesses and reviews. I wish people would go back to using a modern version of yellow pages.

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      • Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In Ecosia’s settings you can set it to primarily use Google results instead of Bing. Makes it a lot more enjoyable to use.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve never heard of Ecosia, but I don’t understand your logic on this.

      Problem: Google bad!

      Solution: Don’t use google, use Ecosia instead.

      Error: Ecosia also uses google.

      How is this a good move? If anything it’s just a lateral move with the same problem.

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      • 3laws@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Eventually they’ll stop using G and MAYBE they have better impact in the climate. Why be a fucking prick about it?

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Same logic for using Brave instead of Chrome. It is better than using Chrome proper, even if it has cons.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Definitely true. I’ll have to try it out. Is Ecosia better than DuckDuckGo or Kagi?

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  • Pax@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What about DuckDuckGo?

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    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Everyone whines because it’s built on bing but it’s fine and respects privacy better than most

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• ITguru@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Same here! Loved the switch to Linux.

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• LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I cannot get a handle on Ecosia my results are dog shit. Do you have any tips?

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