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/
The problem I see with that approach is that adding garbage to a mixture doesn’t necessarily lead to a more robust mix. It can just end up a formerly delicious soup with chunks of crap floating in it.
I don’t know off the top of my head how SearXNG does it, so maybe this is moot for them, but I don’t see a ton of merit in adding useless things together. If for example, the Google results contain nothing useful, leaving them out would actually improve the relevance of the total result.
Then why don’t you try it instead of yapping about garbage?
Because this is a conversation that I’m contributing to. You have no idea if I tried it or not but are coming in awful hot for no reason I can discern.