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0 pointschris_f4y ago0 comments

Credit to them for trying some new things on the UI front, but it looks like the organic results are from Bing (like most other alt/privacy search engines). It would be interesting to learn more about how/if they plan to build their own index, or set themselves apart.

IMO, Kagi and Brave search are the two best alternative general search engines right now.

Runnaroo was pretty good as well ;-)

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Seirdy4y ago

I think Mojeek is a better alternative "general" engine than Brave because Brave's ranking algorithm was optimized against Google SERPs (back when it was called Cliqz), making many SERPs too similar to Google's.

Kagi uses a mix of Teclis and other engines (claims to use Bing and Google) but the ability to adjust ranking yourself is its wild card. Neeva is similar, combining its own index with some ability to influence ranking.

But personally, I'm trying to reduce my use of "one engine to rule them all" and instead use specific engines for specific tasks they're good at.

chris_fOP4y ago

Mojeek is excellent, and because they use 100% their own index they have a much higher hill to climb.

When I say "Best"for a general search engine, my definition is that it would fulfill the needs of myself and my non-technical family members. Kagi and Brave Search both do that while being different enough to not be just another Bing clone. I use Mojeek often, think it is great, and having their own index is a tremendous asset, but it doesn't quite meet that full definition yet.

dannywarner4y ago

An additional thing of interest. The text of the results such as heading and summary on andisearch is not the same as the other search engines. I think it displays more of each web page's content from its index.

dannywarner4y ago

Interesting. With search 'java lambda function equivalent' I see results different to Bing, Google and DuckDuckGo. Greater difference still for "elon musk latest news". My guess, they use Bing where they lack their own index.

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0 pointschris_f4y ago0 comments

IMO, Kagi and Brave search are the two best alternative general search engines right now.

Runnaroo was pretty good as well ;-)

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Seirdy4y ago

But personally, I'm trying to reduce my use of "one engine to rule them all" and instead use specific engines for specific tasks they're good at.

chris_fOP4y ago

Mojeek is excellent, and because they use 100% their own index they have a much higher hill to climb.

dannywarner4y ago

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