Google’s results have been getting worse over time, but it seems like the last couple years, they’ve taken a steep nose-dive, completely overrun with crappy content farming.

I’ve mitigated a lot of that by doing searches for any kind of product comparison or technical question with “site:reddit.com”, but now with the possibility that that trick will become less useful over time as well…?

Yeah. What search engines are other tech folks using?

  • schnapsidee@feddit.de
    5·
    1 year ago

    This looks pretty good, and I wouldn’t mind paying for search, but it seems really pricy. I’ve never counted how many searches I do, but it’s definitely more than 10 a day. $10 a month seems like a lot for just search…

    • Nankeru@feddit.de
      7·
      1 year ago

      Made me feel a little unwell at the beginning as well, but considering that the search is one of the main, key features I use daily, multiple times, it is totally worth it.

      I pay for a search engine, but:

      • High quality search results
      • No ads
      • High customizability
      • No weird SEO optimized Website results which help me not at all and I lose hours in a year clicking them by accident
      • Did I mention no ads or sponsored content?
    • lovesyouandhugsyou@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m happy to pay it myself, as I find that with other engines I pay in frustration and time because the results have to support those who do pay: the advertisers. Much higher value in my daily life than e.g. a Netflix sub.