Up until the API debacle, that was my solution too. Now even that doesn’t work. It’s so bizarrely hard to look something up on the internet now.
Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
my lil trick is I’d just add “Reddit” after most searches to find others in a similar situation or maybe a solution
pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Artranjunk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use chat GPT 4 for a lot of things instead of Google now.
AnAngryAlpaca@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Same here, for the reason that I don’t have to scroll through crap pages that only exist to show ads.
InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s pretty amazing to search for something and actually see things you searched for.
dingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Does this work any better than DuckDuckGo. People praise DDG, but imo it’s results are pretty shit and I could never end to sticking with it. It can’t even get basic quoted text syntax correct.
InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah ddg is as bad as google imo. This works like the net used to be.
rustyriffs@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Damn, I’ve gotten so many good alternatives lately. Thanks for posting that.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Oh fuck man, that’s a great find! Thank you for sharing that. It’s actually providing really substantiative results which I haven’t seen from Google for at least 5 years.
I have definitely bookmarked that website, even though I use duck duck go I will probably use that as an alternate now.
Another good search engine that’s less useful for searches but for providing information is of course Wolfram alpha
Littleborat@feddit.de 11 months ago
Maybe that does work again after the thing with subreddits going nsfw has been somewhat resolved but not sure. It was my thing too. I heard good things about bing of all places. In general search just got worse over the last 5-6 years.
sparky678348@lemm.ee 11 months ago
People talk about Bing and duck duck go like they’re good replacements, and I’ve given them honest good faith tries.
I always switch my search engine back to Google after simply not getting the results I’m looking for
jmanjones@lemmy.world 11 months ago
you can use Google or Bing from duckduckgo using !bangs. g! (for google) or b! (for bing) then whatever you are searching for. I use g! all the time for non privacy related things. and since duckduckgo doesn’t use trackers and all that the results can be terrible.
dingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Using DuckDuckGo to search through Google seems pretty damn pointless if you ask me. If the search engine is shit and I am just roundabout using Google then why even bother?
I know you said the thing about trackers, but a lot of us don’t really care about that. If the end result is just using Google anyway then I’d rather just start with Google and not use another site to use Google.
hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I think something broke with Bing’s advanced search. It doesn’t seem to respond at all.
berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 11 months ago
2 months ago that was fine.
Now I don’t have an app for that, the website on my mobile doesn’t open my search and instead tells me to download the official Reddit app, or the subs are nsfw or private.
Sigh, so much for easy answers at a type of the finger :(
galaxi@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Not that I’m recommending anyone give reddit any more traffic or leverage, but I’ve been using Stealth app at the recommendation of someone else on here. It’s downloadable through f-droid and specifically is meant to keep you anonymous and avoid any trackers and other trash normally found when opening reddit links. You can’t even log into an account. I use it on the rare moments I’m looking for stuff on there, it makes me feel a bit better about it.
berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 11 months ago
Solid advice m8, I downloaded that 1. Funny thing that the 1st thing I saw on the app once I entered was a message saying “in a few weeks Stealth will end due to end of free API”. Sigh, these last months all these huge internet companies are making such a mess.