no really how do we fix this? : memes

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

I just subscribed to Kagi to try it out.

[-] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Great! Everyone should try the free tier just to have a look at alternatives. To be honest after a few weeks and several specific searches I'm not ready to do the switch though.

[-] thepaperpilot@incremental.social 6 points 5 months ago

I've recently found out about https://search.marginalia.nu and want to start using it.

[-] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 6 points 5 months ago

Any way people could just remake 'old Google' that solely focuses on search and nothing else?

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago

You're still using google?

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Instead of the childishly condescending question, suggest alternatives for those who don't know

I've been sticking with Kagi in the hope that it improves

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Mojeek and Qwant are my go to if duck, duck go isn't great. It should probably be the other way around.

[-] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago

I tried getting xpadder yesterday and the top search results were fake websites. I'm still not convinced I found the real one

[-] fishbone@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

https://xpadder.com/

Just double checked the email confirmation from when I bought it in 2016. Most recent xpadder version is 2024.05.01.

Also if you're looking for controller remapping software (and you're on windows OS), check out DS4Windows. Contrary to the name, it works for most brands of controller, and it's got a lot of stuff that xpadder doesn't.

I landed on it for the better control stick adjusting (you can change dead zone/max zone, and also sensitivity curve). I stuck with it because it can use an emulated controller while hiding the actual controller from programs and games (which solves any double input jank from shit like steam).

Also it can also map gyro controls to mouse input, which is real neat for essentially using my joycons as a remote for my pc, and the occasion where splatoon style gyro aiming fits in games without being too barfy.

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[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

idk. Google used to automatically highlight pages that you landed on then stopped your search, which indicates you got a good result. They basically scrapped that, though, since their advertising arm wanted people to spend more time searching, running more queries, to get more ad impressions. Google literally sabotaged their own search algorithm to increase "engagement".

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 5 points 5 months ago

Bro. Use ublock origin. I haven't seen a sponsored link on google in like 10 years

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 5 months ago

I need to take a screenshot the next time I see the "other users have searched" thing is almost a full page in length. It's happened a few times recently.

[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

Probably with a FOSS alternative but with the owner class working is to death for below survival wages who has the time?

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

4get, SearXNG and Whoogle are pretty good proxies for most search engines. I've recently been enjoying 4get with DuckDuckGo, it works really well. No ads, no trackers, no bullshit. Just a lightweight page that allows me to search the web privately.

[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

gemini://gemplex.space/search

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago

What's this?

[-] greengnu@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

a search engine for the gemini network protocol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)

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[-] TetraVega@lemmings.world 3 points 5 months ago

Ya but Google makes a lot more money this way

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 5 months ago

I've just switch from DDG to Qwant. I didn't do research about how they make there algorithm but DDG that IS to say Being was returning me unrelated stuff and even things I ask not to see in my request. The result is not amazing quality but no more amazingly bad quality.

I want to learn more about search algorithm, what there referencement politic is and what use of AI they have. It not possible today to pick a search engin algorithm randomly and get pertinent résultat like it was two years ago.

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This seems like a good time for someone to create a search engine.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 5 months ago

Try Kagi. It's a paid service, but what can you do... You either pay or you are the product.

They have a free trial though, and it looks very promising.

[-] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

I switched to DuckDuckGo for a few years, then went to Ecosia for a while, and now I'm using searx. I'm not sure how searx prioritises the results, so I'm still adjusting to it, but overall it works okay.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Searching "SpaceX starship" on Google just now in Firefox with adblock origin, not logged into Google, on mobile I get:

Summary of the vehicle from Wikipedia with relevant pictures on the first card
The SpaceX page for the vehicle on the second card
Relevant videos on the third card
SpaceX's twitter on the fourth card

Doing the same in mobile chrome, logged in, no ad block:

Adverts for starship toys in the first card
Relevant news stories in the second card
Wikipedia summary
SpaceX's starship page
Relevant videos
SpaceX twitter

So if you're getting other crap, use ad block. I presume the comic was made while Google was adding LLM results, which they aren't doing now. I can't say I noticed the LLM results while they were included.

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