mozz@mbin.grits.dev to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 months ago"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ovpluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down10
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-link"No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ovpluralistic.netmozz@mbin.grits.dev to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarepacoboyd@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoSelf hosted searxng is where it’s at. Seriously love it and have replaced my search engines on all my computers and phone. I use this along with Vivaldi browser that will let me switch engines quickly with “search shortcuts” for those few times I need local Google results.
minus-squareZworf@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYep I hosted it on my VPN server so I can reach it from all my devices. Love it. Learned about it here and I’m really happy I did.
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI’d love to do that, too. But I’m a bit overwhelmed with setting it up :/
minus-squaremozz@mbin.grits.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoPlenty of public instances which are probably 100% privacy preserving in practice.
Self hosted searxng is where it’s at. Seriously love it and have replaced my search engines on all my computers and phone.
I use this along with Vivaldi browser that will let me switch engines quickly with “search shortcuts” for those few times I need local Google results.
Yep I hosted it on my VPN server so I can reach it from all my devices. Love it. Learned about it here and I’m really happy I did.
I’d love to do that, too. But I’m a bit overwhelmed with setting it up :/
Plenty of public instances which are probably 100% privacy preserving in practice.