I use DDG and SearXNG several times per day. It’s better at finding information in StackOverflow and Reddit threads than directly searching in those sites and it’s the only way I know how to actively seek out websites I haven’t been referred to by anyone.
Comment on Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic
Cherry@piefed.social 1 day ago
Search engines are pretty much redundant because they don’t return what we are looking for.
They cooked themselves.
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
njordomir@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I’ve adjusted to something similar:
- DDG for all-purpose searching
- SearXNG when I’m feeling extra FOSS
- Kagi when I need 1999 Google.
- Google “verbatim” mode when I absolutely mist use it.
entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 7 hours ago
You don’t want 8 pages of the same 4 media conglomerates telling you why you should totally buy the thing they reviewed and totally don’t have investments in/own everything they’re serving up, while they make a commission off their clickbait?
Khrux@ttrpg.network 22 hours ago
I’m guilty of using LLMs from time to time, and more guilty of finding it gradually replacing what I used to Google search.
If it’s something that Wikipedia can help me with, that’s still my first port of call, but gradually, for anything problem solving related, I just ask an LLM.
Even a year or two ago, I was googling things with reliable websites for advice at the end, like reddit, but clearly that has decayed as a reputable source for support.
Googling things that require more than just knowledge is difficult now, and asking the sometimes wrong machine is consistently more useful.
Auli@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
God reddit is horrible with all the deleted posts or the gibberish. Followed by thanks for fixing my problem comment.
d00ery@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I hate reddits new UI. Shows a few comments, hides sub-comments, then a block of ads, then a useless automoderator comment and finally a ‘click for more comments’ button.
GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
If you have a technical problem and enter “reddit” in you search often you find help. But this is so stupid.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
That is the only way I can find streaming links now, search engines quit providing them.
drmoose@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Funny how Google couldn’t defeat seo spammers and yet claim they can keep AI safe. We are so fucked
Khrux@ttrpg.network 12 hours ago
I’m guilty of using LLMs from time to time, and more guilty of finding it gradually replacing what I used to Google search.
If it’s something that Wikipedia can help me with, that’s still my first port of call, but gradually, for anything problem solving related, I just ask an LLM.
Even a year or two ago, I was googling things with reliable websites for advice at the end, like reddit, but clearly that has decayed as a reputable source for support.
Googling things that require more than just knowledge is difficult now, and asking the sometimes wrong machine is consistently more useful.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yup,i use perplexity as my first port of call for most searches. Not because it’s good - it’s not, I’d estimate it’s wrong around 80%of the time - but because it’s still better than the alternatives
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Seriously! The most I use one is for the spelling of words not already programmed into my swipe keyboard. And even then it still manages to fuck it up on occasion!
fodor@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
That depends on the search engine, of course.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But what if what your are looking for is AI generated articles that don’t provide any trustworthy answers and top 10 lists of products that their manufacturers paid the site to figure on the list?
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Well when you put it that way……
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Do we have to read the whole article? I just sort of want to peruse the AI generated headlines and come to my own conclusions.