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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DDG often gives me results for individual words of the search but not results for all of the words in that order for which to have contextually relevant results.

I often find myself forced to brave the shitshow that is google search.

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have you tried the duck assist thing yet?

If you’re trying to talk to the search engine more like a chat assistant, that sort of response might be what you’re looking for.

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Fuck Duck Assist all my homies hate Duck Assist and I keep having to turn it back off again.

Whoever made it should get cancer and not have their children show up or call them back.

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haha, whaaat why?

I just saw it for the first time today, it seems to mostly quote incredible sources rather than amalgamating responses.

you got some issues huh, poor fella?

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that’s weird. the search results should still prioritize your search as is over variations, but not limit it. do you try searching in quotations to force the specific search exactly?

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