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Try kagi.com (I have nothing to do with the company) They are similar in feel to google, I think their results come from google as well as others (I say this h

Try kagi.com (I have nothing to do with the company) They are similar in feel to google, I think their results come from google as well as others (I say this having tried bing and ddg but going back to google because the results they returned were worse or at least not compatible with how I've learned to use google). They don't have any ads.

browningstreet 5y ago
Is that the one that requires a browser extension to participate in the beta? That's why I don't use them.
- skarz 5y ago
  Brave Search, Searx, Metager, DDG, Presearch, Swisscows, Starpage... So many to choose from!
- Pooge 5y ago
  It doesn't require any special software to get in the beta. You sign up, get invited, log in and search. I quite like it, but the price tag will not be justified if it's just a Google frontend. This is another universe in itself, but I'd much rather have them develop their own indexer.
  - zanmat0 5y ago
  - Semaphor 5y ago
    Not sure why the sibling comment is flagged? O.o They actually already use their own index, it’s just tiny. They want to focus mainly on smaller sites with it, but the plan for "the future" is to have their own index be good enough to rely on for most searches.
    - junon 5y ago
      Not flagged, just dead. Presumably the author deleted it.
      - Semaphor 5y ago
        Oh wow, thank you. I always thought comments were dead because they are flagged, I did not know deleting your posts turns them dead.
        deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
        lupire 5y ago
        It doesn't. Dead comments are flagged or moderated or posted by a user who has been shadow-banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
      - lupire 5y ago
        Not true: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
        junon 5y ago
        I stand corrected, thanks.
  - Seirdy 5y ago
    They do have their own index, Teclis. You can use it independently: https://teclis.com/ https://teclis.com/ The "non-commercial" lens in Kagi is mostly powered by Teclis, and the main SERPs include some non-commercial lens results mixed in.

browningstreet 5y ago

Is that the one that requires a browser extension to participate in the beta? That's why I don't use them.

skarz 5y ago
Brave Search, Searx, Metager, DDG, Presearch, Swisscows, Starpage... So many to choose from!
Pooge 5y ago
It doesn't require any special software to get in the beta. You sign up, get invited, log in and search. I quite like it, but the price tag will not be justified if it's just a Google frontend. This is another universe in itself, but I'd much rather have them develop their own indexer.
- zanmat0 5y ago
- Semaphor 5y ago
  Not sure why the sibling comment is flagged? O.o They actually already use their own index, it’s just tiny. They want to focus mainly on smaller sites with it, but the plan for "the future" is to have their own index be good enough to rely on for most searches.
  - junon 5y ago
    Not flagged, just dead. Presumably the author deleted it.
    - Semaphor 5y ago
      Oh wow, thank you. I always thought comments were dead because they are flagged, I did not know deleting your posts turns them dead.
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      - lupire 5y ago
        It doesn't. Dead comments are flagged or moderated or posted by a user who has been shadow-banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
    - lupire 5y ago
      Not true: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
      - junon 5y ago
        I stand corrected, thanks.
- Seirdy 5y ago
  They do have their own index, Teclis. You can use it independently: https://teclis.com/ https://teclis.com/ The "non-commercial" lens in Kagi is mostly powered by Teclis, and the main SERPs include some non-commercial lens results mixed in.