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  1. @Lydie
    I've been using Mojeek a bit more but their index isn't large enough yet. The problem with the old names like you listed are they are, well, just names -- they rely on Google or Bing for search results (Bing is where DDG's enshittification is coming from)

    #DuckDuckGo #enshittified #Lycos #Dogpile #Excite #enshittification #aislop

  2. With #DuckDuckGo being #enshittified, I just randomly decided to see if some ancient search engines are still alive. Sure enough, there are a few throwback engines still going strong.

    #Lycos: Alive and well! I don't see much enshittification, it's clean.

    #Dogpile: Also seems clean and functional

    #Excite: Clean, but has ads in the results.
    #enshittification #aislop

  3. #Mastodon: Well, I have only been here for three days, but it feels very much like 1994 all over again: That first hesitant email, those first adventurous clicks on pre-#Google internet search engines. Remember grappling with these?

    #WebCrawler
    #Lycos
    #AltaVista
    #Excite
    #Dogpile
    #AskJeeves
    #JumpStation

    Let's be patient, progress may be happening before our eyes, again!