Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
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Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360

Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

  • Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
  • Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
  • Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/

  • Mikelius@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 days ago

    Self hosting searxng was the best decision I ever made for search engines. Just point it to a bunch of different engines of my choice and use it. I seriously no longer ever find myself with the old habit of “ugh okay maybe I’ll get better results in [insert other engines] this time”… Probably cause it’s using them all.

    • saba@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      1 day ago

      I like the hostnames plugin too. I can rewrite URLs (for example x to xcancel) and also give higher or lower priority to certain domains (or remove them completely.)

  • saba@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    2 days ago

    For a few months I’ve been using local instances of searxng. I’ve got it running on my laptop and on Termux on my phone. It’s been fine for me. It’s not always the quickest, but I’m ok with it.

    • racoon@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 days ago

      Startpage stopped working during the very same outage that took bing down. Maybe on 9 Oct 2024

    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Why will this kill startpage? I only just found it because it’s the default for waterfox and I’m quite happy with it. DDG has been getting worse and worse

      • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I started using Ecosia after noticing DDG’s downward turn. So far I’ve enjoyed it. It has problems, but I think those problems are just what passes for the internet these days…

      • teslasdisciple@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 days ago

        Startpage uses google search. I think they use the paid API service, the question is whether that service will continue after these changes.