I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    I prefer DDG, but I hate the news search. 90% of the results are paywalled.

    Oh, and sometimes the image search will return a pile of porn for a seemingly clean search request. I once searched for “R34 Skyline” expecting Nissans, and got VERY different results without safe search.

    • ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      241·
      1 month ago

      R34 is also short for rule 34 - “if it exists, there’s porn of it on the internet”

      So if you search R34 and anything, you’ll get porn.

      • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        It’s just that Bing/DDG seem to promote news from these sites as if they’re sponsored links… but without the disclosure.

        • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          bummer.

          I see all the labeled sponsored links on Bing, but I generally get high quality results outside of those.