Ask HN: How do I search the web in the age of enshittified search engines?

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2 years ago

Like most internet users I used to use Google to search for information but now the quality of the results is abysmal and I no longer find it useful most of the time.

I've tried other search engines (Bing, Yandex) and the results are a bit better but still nowhere near the old Google. Kagi is a thing but I'm not sure if the quality justifies $120/year, especially since I don't earn my salary in USD.

Putting "site:reddit.com" helps a bit but there's plenty of stuff that simply isn't there, so it's not a solution either.

LLMs are a bit better with the quality of the searches but hallucinations are a thing so I need to verify the information myself so I am back to square one.

Is there anything else I can do to find information easier or to improve the quality of the searches?

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