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Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by qznc on Monday May 25, 2026 @10:34AM (#48267349)
Qwant and Ecosia try to build their own index: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-sta...
Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday May 25, 2026 @11:35AM (#48268084)
I use and enjoy Ecosia, it works pretty well for most use cases. Unfortunately it has the same limitation as Duck and basically all of the other non-enormous-players in the search engine market: Location aware search is garbage.
Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by chrischen on Monday May 25, 2026 @11:51AM (#48268264)
One the things I hate about Google is being forced to have location-aware search. I love how Kagi actually lets me override the country.
Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @12:11AM (#48274895)
I would enjoy a world where this was much more configurable.
Re:Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google ... by Kuinox on Monday May 25, 2026 @10:47AM (#48267500)
I do not believe that Qwant can produce something good, they always were a company to extract money from the french taxpayer to wrap bing results.