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Re:Poll: What is your preferred Search Engine? by ninalanyon on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:29PM (#42825561)
I don't prefer any of them really. I just find DDG the least aggravating. My ideal search engine would be simpler and when I tell it I'm looking for a term it would only return pages which actually include that term in the visible text.
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Re:Poll: What is your preferred Search Engine? by georg-stone on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:32PM (#42825589)
Yep, none of the search engines are good at that. You might be able to configure your browser to automatically wrap your query behind quotes by using /search?q="%s".
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Re:Poll: What is your preferred Search Engine? by andrewaylett on Saturday January 25, 2025 @05:55PM (#42825782)
Kagi has "Verbatim Mode", and a toggle in settings if you want it enabled by default.
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