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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days?

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I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

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Potatisen@lemmy.world
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What does !g do? Add Google results?

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Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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Redirects your search to Google. You can put it anywhere in the search; for example !g how do i shot web, how do i shot web !g and how do i !g shot web will all land you into Google.

There are other 13k (yup) bangs like this. Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Yahoo, Quora, most gaming wikis, etc. A few sites (like Google and Bing) have multiple bangs, that land you directly into a specific page (e.g. !bv searches Bing videos). More info here.

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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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*how do i shot web

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Celediel@slrpnk.net
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It’s an older meme, but it checks out.

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Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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I’ll fix it! I forgot that this is like “an hero”, one of those memes where the error is part of the charm.

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Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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zante@lemmy.wtf
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If you’re using ddg without !bangs - you’re only having half the fun.

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pyre@lemmy.world
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!w Wikipedia

!imdb IMDb

!gi Google images

there’s tons more. if ddg is the default search engine these bangs save you the time to go to the site first and click the search bar. basically changing your default search into a specific search.

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