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Is it just me or do all search engines feel soooo bad these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by MTK@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

they're pretty bad, but ddg at least feels like I'm getting actual results.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings and made you want to defend an LLM that approves copy pasted wikipedia snippets, but maybe you should go eat some ass?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings"

I feel only pity for you.

reading your comments is like watching a diseased guinea pig nibble on its own scabs.

"an LLM that approves copy pasted wikipedia snippets"

duckduckgo's llm tool offers relevant information from credible sources.

that is good.

Good luck unbunching those panties.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You know that's just Bing, right?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

is it? that kind of makes sense, because I still use Bing occasionally while Google is completely out of rotation, although I don't find Bing as good as duckduckgo.

edit: it is not! looks like the DuckDuckGo search engine is an aggregate of hundreds of search engines, including their own duck duck bot, excluding Google but including some Bing results.