I’ve been using duckduckgo for years now with no issues, but today I opened it and realized there were no longer any search results before scrolling. It was all ads/info cards. So I guess I’m looking for a replacement. Any suggestions?

Related: anyone know if there’s a way in the Adnauseum Firefox extension to hide ads on a specific trusted site? I like their goal of not punishing ads following the do not track standard, but DDG has crossed a threshold and I now want to blacklist them specifically.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I tried Kagi and found the results to be significantly less helpful than Google. Searches for local businesses, open source libraries, and Canadian history missed useful sites that Google provided.

    I guess I’m an outlier, because other people seem to have a good time with it.

    • peereboominc@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      No, I have the same experience. Especially if you want to search for local stuff in my country. It is like my country (Netherlands) does not exist Kagi.

      For general topics it is ok I guess. I do have premium but I am barely using it anymore. I use Qwant.

    • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been using Kagi for a while and would not hesitate in recommending it to anyone BUT with the caveat if you want to search for a local business or similar, at least here in the UK, then it’s pretty rubbish… I find Google still reigns at that.