Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which search engines do you use with it? Google? Bing? Something else?

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All of them.

    It shows you which ones “agree” on a given entry, so you can tune it to your tastes.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      According to the docs, SearxNG supports 209 search engines, and 85 are enabled by default (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!

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      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, 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.

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• jasep@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which one? Something paid or self hosted?

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Self-hosted. That’s not a type, it’s what it’s called. Searxng.

    Here’s a list of puplic instances to try or use.

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    • brian@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not a typo puplic

      This amuses me

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    • jasep@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cool, thanks! Something I’ve been meaning to try out.

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