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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ad

Ad

Ad

Series of AI generated answers

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Article from site you've never heard of that is filled with ads

Article from a local city you've never heard of

Article written by AI that contains 3 sentences and then ads

Ad

Actual good source article for different topic

Reddit post about topic

Wikipedia

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Next page?

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

This is why I use SearXNG; locally hosted on a container. It collates and sorts out the crap from all the engines at once. I get a useful list of results normally. My personal instance is configured to shotgun several engines at once and uses Wolfram Alpha or Wikipedia for informational boxes over other engines; if those services present a result.

My experience:

  • Infobox (if applicable), Source is reliable; usually Wolfram Alpha or Wikipedia. May not always be immediately relevant but it's usually a close enough match.
  • Most relevant results (3 to 7 of them)
  • Relevant results containing any terms (Many)
  • Less relevant results (Usually on page 2 or 3 by this time)
  • Nonsensical results; may be slightly relevant (Usually you're 7 to 10 pages deep by then)

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

Because the font was so similar with "Ad" I was instinctively rolling my eyes and scrolling past your comment before I realized it was a comment LOL.

Effective!