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But what if what your are looking for is AI generated articles that don't provide any trustworthy answers or top 10 lists of products that their manufacturers paid the site to figure on the list? Google is still the best for that.

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.

If you have a technical problem and enter "reddit" in you search often you find help. But this is so stupid. 

Just add Wikipedia to your search bar

...why don’t you just go to Wikipedia to begin with? I’m honestly asking. URLs still exist.

If you add '!w' to the end of your word in the address bar it takes you directly to wikipedia.

For example: buffalo buffalo buffalo !w

I tried kagi a while back and liked it so much I subscribe now. Google messed up the one thing they ever did right.

I dropped them for DDG over a year ago. Never have had a cause to regret.

Yes. Also combined with:

1. replace all entry level jobs with AI
2. run out of experienced people because nobody new can learn the skills required
3. ???
4. profit

But you see, for a brief moment, we made the shareholders very rich, and that was a beautiful moment totally worth everything.

They can't see past their next set of financial statements. And the government wants those content creators to fail so they can control all information.

Literally everyone, do people ever leave the Lemmy/reddit bubble?

A LOT of people out there just read whatever tho google AI tells them on their search. They've been trained that the answer is always the 1st non-ad link on Google. And now the thing at the top of a Google search is their LLM answer.

DDG lets you just turn off the AI crap.

Do yourself a favor and don't use Google at all

Here are alternatives

1. Brave Search or DuckDuckGo They do have similar AI features but you can disable them.
2. Or, Just use StartPage, It's basically shows you Google results but without any if Google's bloat nor their tracking.

edit; stupif typ0

https://udm14.com/ , you can also add "&udm=14" to your normal google link so you don't have to rely un udm14.com, there should be a tutorial on the site

Unfortunately, most of the first page of results is often AI slop at this point...

Duck Duck Go

No, fewer people getting past the AI summary