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Using Brave, myself and others now get subjected to a Captcha check under the pretext of "suspicious activity from your network," which pretext is an abject lie and insultingly unclever, being as Chrome accesses Google without issue. This Captcha check is not random. It is every time. Furthermore, Google searches on Brave hang for a few seconds. I've no doubt this is yet another "feature" tailored for Brave users. Chrome searches populate instantly. This behavior is relatively recent.

The upshot is that I've started using the Brave search engine and found it gives nearly identical results to Google but without the force-fed experimental AI and other crass Google BS. The Brave search is as rich but more to-the-point.

If US politicians had any balls they'd have put the screws to this gluttonous, bloated, corrupt, monopoly-bent company long ago.

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I used to feel like I could just ignore ads and unrelated links coming up from google but now I feel like it's just getting ridiculous. Page 1 used to be so informative 😔 When I was a kid I would go down so many rabbit holes because I could find related things to what I wanted to know but now kids are growing up with just a million ads, it's so stupid. I don't want to be someone who is actively hating AI algorithms but stuff like this is so annoying and it's actually a serious problem I fear

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Does anyone have a good overview which search engines have their own independent search index which are not based on the big engines Google, Bing and Yandex?

Does Qwant 100 % use its own index?

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Today I learned that adding -ai to Google search does not in fact stop the environmental cost of creating the AI Overview. It just doesn't show it to you, but it still makes it. Or that's my understanding from doing some reading (including, ironically, from the AI Overview). From reading up on duckduckgo, it looked to me like the same story - you can request a view without the AI search results so you don't have to see them, but it still costs as much energy-wise as a search with it turned on. 99% of the time I search, I don't need or want AI results. I'm fine with manually hitting a toggle/button on the rare occasion I do and waiting a bit for it to come in. Are there alternative search engines that either don't have ai features or that let you actually disable them? Or am I wrong and one of those actually lets you disable it?

I've recently been using an app called Navo for mobile search. It lets you instantly see results from Reddit, TikTok, and LLMs, side-by-side, so you get different perspectives and actual user opinions, not just SEO-optimized sites and ads.
It’s been a serious time-saver, especially for things like product research or figuring out trending topics. One catch: after talking with the team, it sounds like Navo will be moving to a paid model because they’re running things with LLMs, similar to Perplexity but focused more on media/social content.
Has anyone else tried it? I’m also curious, what other tools or workflows are people using to surface community answers and avoid the usual junk sites or endless affiliate blogs?
Would love other suggestions (free or paid).

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What search engine may give me the most information about a person, the catch is that person is in LATAM and most search engines only works for US residents.

I'm really trying to find a Search Engine that has really good and clear pictures. I was using Yahoo Image Search. But every since they updated the Android App they have completely ruined it by putting Text Captions under the Images and making the pictures a lot smaller too now. What Search Engine can I use where I can see Pictures that are big and that don't have Text Captions under them? I'm open to all kinds of suggestions for Search Engines. You can barely see any pictures on the Yahoo Search Mobile Android App because the Text Captions are covering more than half of it.

I’m using a VPN and I always end up getting captchas every time I search something on Google. I know there are extensions to bypass them but I’m using Brave on iOS so I can’t use them.

I’m looking for a new search engine that gives the same results as Google without captchas. Privacy is good but not that important to me tbh. Do you have any suggestions? I know a lot of search engines but usually I prefer google results, so the closest results the better.

i try to find solutions of some questions from my assignments, and many a times, duckduckgo just doesnt give the websites containing solutions to those questions, then i search the same thing on google, and it works. anyone got anything i can do?

Yeah. Am looking to make small search requests such as animals or places to research and earn microsoft reward points….

I need help. I’m running blog, but e-commerce websites keep overtaking my content when users search. So, I need another micro-niche that can bring good traffic and earnings?

Something I’ve been finding lately is that so many of the searches I do end up with nothing but best of lists, ai generated sites and maybe 1 or 2 genuine results. Also many of the results will just be repeated over and over. I’m using DDG on Safari on iOS. I have seen people say to go to the Brave browser but I haven’t been fond of how they’ve gone down the crypto route. Unless that can be completely isolated and shutdown I kinda don’t want to use that browser. But the thing is I can’t get Startpage (which I use on my Android tablet and my PC) on Safari so yeah

I've tried:

-"non-electric" and *NOT "*non-electric" and even -non and NOT non

Nothing works, every search comes up with "non-electric" items - is there any way to do this anymore?

Yandex has gotten worse so did google lens, ive heard about some free ones but they dont work.

Ignoring everything else (yes, everything else), what is the best FREE search engine for results accuracy? Everything I've read and heard online is contradicted by someone else entirely in the comments or elsewhere. I just want a straight answer, which I have been scouring this subreddit for and cannot find. Which SE is the BEST in the criteria of search results accuracy ONLY.

Yes, I know you can manually filter in google, I've been doing it for a long time and I still get an ungodly amount of clutter in my results because I'm not using search engines to get my PhD, I'm using it to just do regular, non-academic, non-business related browsing. I don't need TOR, I don't need more privacy, I don't care about "cool features." I just want to stop having to scroll past AI generated text blocks and then check the top 15 results of every search to find what I'm looking for.

Thank you!

Chinese media like Baidu or 360 is the major media in China, so if any brand would like to establish brand in China, they spread branding awareness must acorss Baidu.

I have searched everywhere I could think of, so I’m coming to the experts… My director recently retired and stunned us all before he did by revealing to us that he posed in a magazine in a Speedo. For context, we’re all oncology researchers. He’s a buttoned up Yale graduate. Used to be a professor. Lovely guy, but exactly how you’d imagine a scientist who graduated from Yale to be. So while playing an innocent game of 2 truths and a lie for his retirement party, he seemingly made it obvious which statement was a lie - he sang a cappella in college, he’d been to Japan, and he posed in a Speedo for National Geographic. Of course after we all made our very wrong guess that our nerdy boss lied about posing half naked in a magazine, he immediately came back and said, “how could you all think I would sing a cappella?” He did this as part of a study for exercise physiology in the 90s or early 2000s. He was covered in electrodes and on a treadmill. His name is Richard Kennan. Those are the only details he was willing to spare. I have searched the internet and libraries but to no avail. So have my colleagues. (It is not lost on us that we can’t find this given our profession). I would love to give this photo to my coworkers as a Christmas gift. Rich is and will always be beloved. Having this photo in our office will be a treasure. If you can help, you will also be a treasure. Thanks in advance.

Title says it all

I have two extensions to improve Google search: Google verbatim search (only shows results where each word appears verbatim) and Google search engine with udm=14 preset (gets rid of AI overview). With these two extensions, which is better in terms of search engine accuracy?

Let’s say * stands for one unknown character, and I know how many characters there are.

For example..

"A***e" with three unknowns in the middle)

"Gra" with two at the end

"***ol" with three at the start

and so on.

How can I find exactly what I want on Google?

Any tips?

The current web is filled with click-attracting headlines and high-level content that doesn't provide much value, and it's this way by design because the search engines money comes from the time people spend on them.

So, it's always a give or take on providing just good enough content to retain a user but not easily provide all information so they come back. Also, the attention span of all of us is low, so writers need to cut out relevant information to avoid getting the reader bored.

This led to many click-attracting experts writing content and topics that they barely understand, and along the way undervaluing writers who have done the research and put the time to write about complex topics.

With the rise of LLMs, now everyone can write "good" content because they were trained on that clickbait expert content, but foundational LLMs as well as people struggle to write something NEW because it's just hard to do it. To write something new and valuable, there needs to be human interaction or some way to collect information about changes in the physical world and transfer them to the web in an organized and descriptive manner.

My hope is that more and more people who are industry experts start creating relevant content with the use of LLMs! And then Al agents will navigate the web with clear goals and will bypass all the clickbait and find content that does provide value!

Only this valuable content will be picked up by agents doing online search!

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I get way less results on both platforms compared to google. I certainly don’t want to support the big corporate giant, but I wonder why so many results aren't being shown on Duck Duck and Ecosia...

Hello everyone,
I am currently developing a new search engine and am interested in hearing suggestions for useful or innovative features to include. The project is still in its early stages, so any advice on features you would want in a search engine, including search functionality, user experience, or anything else that could improve the product, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Is there a current search engine that doesn't do either AI summaries or AI chatbots? I know it's the current trend and a lot of popular engines jump on it to stay competitive, just wondering if there are good ones that still haven't done that.

Is there any search engine to help me avoid sites that bug me to turn off my ad blocker?

planning to switch to a different search engine cause opera gx is eating all my damn ram and my download speed are super slow

I've built which allows you to do web search as from your command line. Examples:

• searches on Google Flights from Berlin to Ibiza, departing next Friday and returning on the next 5th. (The last two arguments are of and are converted to actual dates.)

• searches for a hotel in Ibiza from the 28th to the 29th.

You might know the idea as !bangs from DuckDuckGo but trovu's shortcuts take two or more arguments, and those arguments can even be typed. It also runs entirely in the browser, sending no query to my server, giving you maximum privacy.

Trovu also has built-in localization by organizing shortcuts into :

• picks the French–German dictionary if your browser’s preferred language is German.

• will search on if your browser’s preferred language is en-CA.

• searches Wikipedia in your language.

• searches the French Wikipedia, overriding your browser’s language.

You can also perform simpler searches:

• searches Google for “berlin”

• searches DuckDuckGo for “berlin”

• searches Google for “berlin”, but only pages in Polish

There are 6,000+ curated shortcuts, maintained in a .

Other features include:

• .

• Set a default keyword (e.g., g for Google) that’s used when no keyword is matched.

• Create your own and subscribe to other people’s shortcuts.

• Watch the 30-second .

• Use it or as a

Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

So I was typing in random urls with bird or birb on it and I came across a website called birb.com and it had a lot of things on it but it mentioned a search engine called birbseek so I go there and type in something and later check the tracking data and my antivirus and safari found nothing no trackers stopped so maybe it’s time to try birbseek.com

Like I said in the title when I google my website, I get results like website.com/1231234234.phtml but there are no such pages in my website. I tried to change robots.txt or .htaccess but no avail.

There are more than 30 pages of results that don't exist.

Yeah

I found this "new" search engine called "Void" and I noticed it is cleaner, more customizable, and sleeker than Google. It is considered lesser-known

Although it claims to have privacy, it's not clear +

It has ads on the homepage but not in search results.

Here are the Pros

• Cleaner, Minimal UI

• Customizable Homepage

• Integrations

• AI integration

• Ability to change the priorities of search results

And here are the Cons

• Paywalled

• Has ads

• Proprietary / Closed Source

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I have heard it integrates with reward extensions

My rating: 7/10
It is great for beginners, but if you are serious about privacy, you might wanna use SearX/SearXNG (Free) or metaGer (Paid) instead.

Looks like google, duckduckgo and even the meme (bing) stopped providing accurate results and are heavily censored. Any alternatives?

Hi,
I noticed that in Google Image Search, my image appears with a URL like , which I understand is a cached thumbnail hosted by Google. However, I’ve seen that some images in the search results appear with their original source URLs instead.

My image is publicly accessible, properly embedded using standard HTML (<img src="">), and I’ve added relevant meta tags like og:image. It’s also not blocked in robots.txt, and the page has already been indexed by Google.

My questions are:

1. Under what conditions does Google choose to display the original image URL instead of the cached thumbnail (encrypted-tbn0)?

2. Is there a way to encourage Google to link directly to the original image in the search results grid or preview?

3. Are there specific SEO best practices or structured data requirements that influence this behavior?

Any insights or documentation links would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

I'm looking for the @ of the two gay men kissing to prank my friends fir girlfriends day by telling then this is my girl

Hi,

I have built 3 website and want to improve off page SEO. Any experts out there interested in helping? I would like to work with someone as a partner who is invested in the project and driven to create a positive outcome and wants to share in the profits.

it seems I can’t find a single photo of the Bondi fired ethics director. I wondered if anyone is able to actually scrub every picture of themselves from a,general search by a typicsl Joe blow such as myself?

I'm currently using DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing, Microsoft Edge, And Yahoo Search too. I really want to try some different Search Engines and see if I can find something else I like. I prefer search engines that have Accurate News, Clear Images, and Big Font as well. I also prefer Images that don't have writing on them when I search them on Google and Bing. I'm open to all kinds of suggestions and opinions about different Search Engines.

Discover hidden worlds within the litter layer of the world wide web. Our web spider Patu slowly explores the web and prefers indie websites without things like Facebook/Meta Pixel or Google Adsense. It also ranks sites with RSS feeds higher because those were/are amazing and social media platforms should have never removed them.

Websites with a patu.txt file at the root will also rank higher. In fact, the only way to suggest a site is to ensure that site has the patu.txt file. If you don't want to add a patu.txt file your site could eventually get added once Patu naturally finds it. It's just to add it instantly, you must have patu.txt.

What's patu.txt?

Our spider, Patu, looks for robots.txt, sitemaps, and our own unique patu.txt file to help it crawl and add your site. The patu.txt file should include three tags and up to three URLs that you recommend. Ideally, you should recommend other websites, not pages within your website.

In a blank txt file, simply create something like this:

music electronic music ambient

That's it. Three tags, three URLs. Upload it to your site's root (sometimes called public_html). This will help to organize and grow Litter Layer over time. Plus, it's a way to show your support for this project.

They got rid of the news tab in Yahoo Search. The pictures are also much smaller too unfortunately. I've also noticed that The Search Bar seems to be getting smaller and smaller in every single update too. When I go on The regular Yahoo Search Browser on my Android Phone The Text Captions aren't under The Yahoo Search Images at all. Has anyone else noticed these awful changes in The Yahoo Search Mobile App?

Need a search engine that will actually search for stuff instead of just giving an "AI overview" and completely ignoring what you've typed also one that doesn't change what you've searched because it thinks you've made a spelling mistake. I'd also like it if I don't have to sign in and have all my searches stored. I bassically need a browser that isn't Google or bing or any other massive data hoarding company. Any suggestions are much appreciated!

I suspect this is the number one subject on this category. Sorry if it is and I'm just repetitive.

Is it just me or have all search engine developers turned OFF the ability to use SEARCH OPERATORS? They don't seem to work anywhere. Been using Brave Search, which is supposed to have retained the search operators, but even there, they fail sometimes. Google and Amazon are the WORST.

Are there, indeed, search engines that still use search operators? Any apps or tricks to making Amazon's search more specific/accurate?

example: i search for a long dress with pockets. i look at the results and decide i'd rather have a short dress, no preference on details, and in the new search i get the exact same long dresses. i search again, maybe for cotton v neck nightgown, i'll get the exact same dress listings that came up in the first search. it doesn't matter what features about the search change, be it length, occasion, fabric content, etc, it never changes. i feel like this is a recent change in my online experience.

i've seen this happen with a couple of other big name online retailers and there isn't anything i can do except mess with my cookies settings, which i often clear anyway. i just am really really annoyed by the "you like this? well maybe you'll like the exact same thing!" search result groundhog day everything seems to be stuck in. it is even happening on netflix. i hope this stage of digital advertising is a quick passing phase.

Does anyone have a suggestion on alternative search engines. Google seems to be very pro Trump anymore. The bias is blatantly obvious.

So with the addition of AI slop and way too many promotions, Google search is trash. I know there are shortcuts and ways to massage the search into what it used to be, or at least sort of. But I don't want to support Google anymore. What is the best alternative for a search engine? I'm so sick of AI, slop and crappy. If not, misleading ads for what I searched.

Every since The Yahoo Mobile App was updated it's completely becoming unbearable to use now. They completely deleted The News Tab. And half of The Pictures don't work when you click on them. The Pictures are also way too small now too. The Yahoo Mobile App is completely ruined now. What are some Search Engines that are way better than Yahoo that I can use? What are my other options? Is there another Mobile App that I can use besides Yahoo Search? Do you think that I should just delete The Yahoo Search Mobile App?

Can someone please recommend an effective method or tool to tracking down a photo online? I have been hunting for a photo that I once found on Pinterest, but I can't find it no matter how many different keyword combinations I come up with. I have tried to look in search engines, but those don't work. Reverse searches are useless because I don't have the picture itself. Assistance appreciated!

How do find information that is unindexed, such a youtube comments, or anything from Facebook? I tried googling this question, but that also failed, so now I'm asking on Reddit.

Hey everyone,

I’m running into a recurring annoyance and I’m hoping someone here might know of an existing solution or clever workaround. Whenever I search for hardware‑related stuff—like “upgrade RAM,” “replace SSD,” or “change battery life”—I always have to remember to add my exact device model (e.g., “for Dell XPS 13 9370” or “for Samsung Galaxy A16”) to get relevant results. If I forget or “wing it,” I often end up on generic guides or click on instructions for the wrong model, which has led me to accidentally buy incompatible parts in the past.

What I’d ideally like:

• In my Google Account, I “register” my main devices (laptop model, phone model, etc.).

• Then, when I search hardware/software queries, Google would automatically filter or prioritize results based on those registered devices—no more manually typing “for XPS 13 9370” every time.

• Bonus: a small icon or dropdown next to the search bar (similar to Google Lens) where I could explicitly pick “Search for Dell XPS 13” vs. “Search the Web” if needed.

Why this would help:

1. Save time: I wouldn’t have to look up my model number or type it manually in every single search.

2. Reduce mistakes: Fewer chances of clicking the wrong guide or ordering parts that won’t fit.

3. Help less tech‑savvy users: Many people don’t even know where to find their laptop’s exact model or their phone’s variant, so tailored results would be a big help.

––

My questions for the community:

1. Does anyone know if Google (or a third‑party) already offers something like this?

   • For example, a browser extension or some hidden “My Devices” feature in Google Search settings?

2. If there isn’t a built‑in way, would you personally find this useful enough to register your devices somewhere?

   • Or do most people just type their model into the query and call it a day?

3. Alternatives or workarounds:

   • Has anyone built a custom search engine (in Google Custom Search or another tool) that auto‑appends your model to specific queries?

   • Are there Chrome/Firefox extensions that let you “pin” certain keywords to all your searches automatically?

4. Privacy concerns:

   • If Google were to “remember” which devices we own, that implies storing hardware info in our accounts. Is that something people would be comfortable with?

Any thoughts, suggestions, or pointers to existing tools would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

This should be more promoted among people interested in art and science topics, whether for professional or just hobby matters.

The filter is not perfect, but it's a beginning, a glimmer of hope.

Some people have tried emulating it in some other SEs by limiting the results by time prior to the beginning of the new AI-slop-age, which is far from ideal.

It would be cool if it could be set as default, maybe it can if it's like a custom shortcut to the image search itself.