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Yay, another person who keeps an eye on the landscape of search engines and tries different ones. I thought I am the only one with this hobby. I made this page
by mg 4y ago
Yay, another person who keeps an eye on the landscape of search engines and tries different ones. I thought I am the only one with this hobby.
I made this page to be able to use a different search engine for every search I do:
https://www.gnod.com/search https://www.gnod.com/search
(Click on "more engines" to see the full list and chose the ones for which buttons are displayed. But you can also search right from the list by first entering a search query and then clicking on an entry in the list.)
- dhc02 4y agoSuggestions for additions: Kagi.com Neeva.com
- mg 4y agoDo you use these? I tried Kagi and liked the design. Having to log into a search engine to use it is a no-go to me, though. But if there is "demand" for it, I can surely add it. So far, I think I am the only user of Gnod Search. Neeva does not let me search, no matter what: "We'll get in touch as soon as Neeva is available in your region". Maybe they don't want to deal with users in Europe? I think for a list of search engines to try, it is best to stick with the open ones. Otherwise, the experience will become cumbersome if every other engine you want to try tells you that you cannot use it for some reason.
- tbassetto 4y agoI switched to Kagi recently (and became a paid user!). Somehow DDG never really clicked for me, I find results on Kagi better.
- memorable 4y agoYou can acually use Neeva without an account by setting your browser's search query to 'neeva.com/search?q=%s'. I use Neeva without an account and not in the US and it works just fine.
- Semaphor 4y agoI’m a former DDG user (maybe for 2 years?) who switched to Kagi in December (and have paid for my first month already). I preferred DDG over Google (for most searches, Google was better at rare searches; in addition, DDG got worse over time), but prefer Kagi over both. I almost always get what I need, and the personalization features (specifically ranking sites higher/lower linked to your account) are great. Really need to find the time to play around with lenses, but I have heard good things ;)
- shafyy 4y agoSame here! Love Kagi!
- soco 4y agoMany people switched to paid Kagi and swear by it. I wasn't impressed at all so didn't pay, then I ran out of free Kagi searches in a few days and switched back to DDG+Google.
- freediver 4y agoWhat left you unimpressed?
- nitnelave 4y agoThey are actually listed on the page, ctrl-F for them. They're listed under "mixed index".
- jrumbut 4y agoI just want to thank you and the author for these works. I'm glad you're watching search and surfacing the different efforts in this space!
- tintedfireglass 4y agoHow is this different from SearX(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx) Wont just hosting your own searX instance be an easier thing to do? Curious. :)
- mg 4y agoWith SearX I would have to maintain a python parser for each engine: https://github.com/searx/searx/tree/master/searx/engines https://github.com/searx/searx/tree/master/searx/engines Most of which are like 100 lines long: https://github.com/searx/searx/blob/master/searx/engines/wikipedia.py https://github.com/searx/searx/blob/master/searx/engines/wik... And probably often break: https://github.com/searx/searx/commits/master/searx/engines/wikipedia.py https://github.com/searx/searx/commits/master/searx/engines/... While the way I do it, all I have to do is maintain a single link per engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=hello+world https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=hello... So far, none of the links ever broke.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoInteresting. Thanks for the insights :)
- anjc 4y agoThis is very handy, thanks