M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable
M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable
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It's impressive how duckduckgo manages to be so much better than bing despite being a frontend for bing
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I've been using my own searxng instance for a few months now and my god I'm never going back.
6 0 ReplyWhich search engines do you use with it? Google? Bing? Something else?
2 0 ReplyAll of them.
It shows you which ones "agree" on a given entry, so you can tune it to your tastes.
4 0 ReplyAccording to the docs, SearxNG supports 209 search engines, and 85 are enabled by default (https://docs.searxng.org/user/configured_engines.html). I guess you mean you're using those defaults?
Does it work well out-of-the-box? I've been meaning to test it myself!
3 0 ReplyNo, I did change it, IIRC I enabled a lot of the ones that weren't by default.
I haven't felt the need to use anything else in months, so I'd say it's very much fit for purpose.
You can always check out one of the instances available for free use to see how it performs.
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Which one? Something paid or self hosted?
1 0 ReplySelf-hosted. That's not a typo, it's what it's called. Searxng.
Here's a list of puplic instances to try or use.
7 0 Replynot a typo
puplic
This amuses me
12 0 ReplyCool, thanks! Something I've been meaning to try out.
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