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what are the better search engines out there featuring quality content? I don't mean privacy focused ones like Brave, Duck Duck Go . How about indexes that hav

what are the better search engines out there featuring quality content? I don't mean privacy focused ones like Brave, Duck Duck Go . How about indexes that have useful, thoughtful, creative content.

vincent_s 2y ago
There's Marginalia [0] and Kagi Small Web [1] but you could also try Bing. It's far from perfect but it has more sites indexed than Google. [0] https://search.marginalia.nu/ https://search.marginalia.nu/ [1] https://blog.kagi.com/small-web https://blog.kagi.com/small-web
JohnFen 2y ago
I've been having a great experience with Kagi, personally. Especially once I'd upranked and downranked various sources according to my needs. Upranking/downranking sources turns out to be more powerful and meaningful than I thought at first. At first, I didn't even bother with it, but it turns out that being able to provide a "correction factor" signal makes a serious difference.
- ipaddr 2y ago
  What happens when your needs change. You down rank say youtube but later you need to look for a specific video. Multiple that by a number of sites. Do you have different profiles? This one is mainstream faag, this one is blogs?
  - everforward 2y ago
    They’re called Lenses, but yeah, basically. Each Lens has its own up/downrankings per site.
  - JohnFen 2y ago
    As everforward says, lenses are a way of managing that. Downranking a site doesn't mean you'll never see results from that site (unless you want it to), it means that the site will score lower in the results than it would otherwise. And you can change the rankings anytime, if you wish. I don't use the lenses myself because I don't need different rankings for different things, but they might address your needs.
qudat 2y ago
Here’s what’s happening and everyone is starting to realize it: the search engine is getting reduced in scope to a bookmark service and local search. Want an answer to a question or to learn more about a topic? Use an answer engine like perplexity. My need to go to a search engine is dropping quite a lot now because of LLMs. I’m using Kagi as well which is nice.
AlienRobot 2y ago
Wiby is another.

what are the better search engines out there featuring quality content? I don't mean privacy focused ones like Brave, Duck Duck Go . How about indexes that have useful, thoughtful, creative content.

vincent_s 2y ago

There's Marginalia [0] and Kagi Small Web [1] but you could also try Bing. It's far from perfect but it has more sites indexed than Google. [0] https://search.marginalia.nu/ https://search.marginalia.nu/ [1] https://blog.kagi.com/small-web https://blog.kagi.com/small-web

JohnFen 2y ago

I've been having a great experience with Kagi, personally. Especially once I'd upranked and downranked various sources according to my needs. Upranking/downranking sources turns out to be more powerful and meaningful than I thought at first. At first, I didn't even bother with it, but it turns out that being able to provide a "correction factor" signal makes a serious difference.

ipaddr 2y ago
What happens when your needs change. You down rank say youtube but later you need to look for a specific video. Multiple that by a number of sites. Do you have different profiles? This one is mainstream faag, this one is blogs?
- everforward 2y ago
  They’re called Lenses, but yeah, basically. Each Lens has its own up/downrankings per site.
- JohnFen 2y ago
  As everforward says, lenses are a way of managing that. Downranking a site doesn't mean you'll never see results from that site (unless you want it to), it means that the site will score lower in the results than it would otherwise. And you can change the rankings anytime, if you wish. I don't use the lenses myself because I don't need different rankings for different things, but they might address your needs.

qudat 2y ago

Here’s what’s happening and everyone is starting to realize it: the search engine is getting reduced in scope to a bookmark service and local search. Want an answer to a question or to learn more about a topic? Use an answer engine like perplexity. My need to go to a search engine is dropping quite a lot now because of LLMs. I’m using Kagi as well which is nice.

AlienRobot 2y ago

Wiby is another.