#search-engine — Public Fediverse posts

FYI: Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBangs #DigitalMarketing #SEO #SearchEngine

FYI: Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBangs #DigitalMarketing #SEO #SearchEngine

Building search engine infrastructure with zero dependency on big tech isn’t easy.

But sovereignty is worth it.

The decision to build (not rent) ensures we all have independent access to the web.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #sovereign #sovereignty

Building search engine infrastructure with zero dependency on big tech isn’t easy.

But sovereignty is worth it.

The decision to build (not rent) ensures we all have independent access to the web.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #sovereign #sovereignty

Huh. Duckduckgo can filter out ai slop for you.
Hit settings -> manage ai filters.
Its in there and it works pretty good
#search #searchengine #ai #aiart #aislop #slop

Huh. Duckduckgo can filter out ai slop for you.
Hit settings -> manage ai filters.
Its in there and it works pretty good
#search #searchengine #ai #aiart #aislop #slop

ICYMI: Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBang #Autocomplete #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing

ICYMI: Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBang #Autocomplete #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing

Recipe websites that don't get straight to the point,

Your story doesn't interest me,
Your purple prose doesn't interest me,
Your appeal to subscription doesn't interest me;

But you are the reason why search engine doesn't work.

Not the tech bros.

You.

#food #cooking #searchengine #AI #recipe #cookbook #enshittification

Recipe websites that don't get straight to the point,

Your story doesn't interest me,
Your purple prose doesn't interest me,
Your appeal to subscription doesn't interest me;

But you are the reason why search engine doesn't work.

Not the tech bros.

You.

#food #cooking #searchengine #AI #recipe #cookbook #enshittification

and with @kagihq NO MORE AI SUMMARIES!

Unless you actually want them. Kagi has them too, but you can configure whether to use them at all.

Google AI summaries are too risky for me. Kagi's summaries are honestly much better, but the important thing is that you have the choice. Sometimes I do want them. In the settings, it's configured by default so that if a search query ends with a ?, it generates an AI summary for that search.

#kagi #kagisearch #ungoogle #degoogle #search #searchengine

and with @kagihq NO MORE AI SUMMARIES!

Unless you actually want them. Kagi has them too, but you can configure whether to use them at all.

Google AI summaries are too risky for me. Kagi's summaries are honestly much better, but the important thing is that you have the choice. Sometimes I do want them. In the settings, it's configured by default so that if a search query ends with a ?, it generates an AI summary for that search.

#kagi #kagisearch #ungoogle #degoogle #search #searchengine

1 month with @kagihq (https://kagi.com/) and I am pretty satisfied with my payed search experience.

also: 885 searches last month

#kagi #kagisearch #ungoogle #degoogle #search #searchengine

1 month with @kagihq (https://kagi.com/) and I am pretty satisfied with my payed search experience.

also: 885 searches last month

#kagi #kagisearch #ungoogle #degoogle #search #searchengine

ICYMI: Google loses host privilege for AI Overviews on three grounds in Munich: Fabricated source links, self-contained answers and a protection gap drove the ruling. The reasoning shows where liability for generative search now begins. https://ppc.land/google-loses-host-privilege-for-ai-overviews-on-three-grounds-in-munich/ #Google #AI #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing #Munich

ICYMI: Google loses host privilege for AI Overviews on three grounds in Munich: Fabricated source links, self-contained answers and a protection gap drove the ruling. The reasoning shows where liability for generative search now begins. https://ppc.land/google-loses-host-privilege-for-ai-overviews-on-three-grounds-in-munich/ #Google #AI #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing #Munich

Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBangs #Autocomplete #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing

Brave Search surfaces 12,474 site bangs directly in suggestions: The feature surfaces bang shortcuts such as !yt and !a inside Brave's autocomplete field, part of a catalog spanning 12,474 sites most publishers still lack. https://ppc.land/brave-search-surfaces-12-474-site-bangs-directly-in-suggestions/ #BraveSearch #SiteBangs #Autocomplete #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing

#Business #Reviews
My review of Uruky · Uruky compared to the Kagi search engine https://ilo.im/16e90h

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#SearchEngine #Uruky #Kagy #DuckDuckGo #Google #Ethics #AI #Europe

#Business #Reviews
My review of Uruky · Uruky compared to the Kagi search engine https://ilo.im/16e90h

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#SearchEngine #Uruky #Kagy #DuckDuckGo #Google #Ethics #AI #Europe

Oh, look! Another search engine wannabe that promises to protect your #privacy by not tracking you, because no one's ever claimed that before. 🙄 Meanwhile, #GitHub wants to revolutionize #coding with #AI, as if we aren't already drowning in enough half-baked code written by inattentive humans. 🤖💥
https://github.com/searxng/searxng #searchengine #innovation #technews #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! Another search engine wannabe that promises to protect your #privacy by not tracking you, because no one's ever claimed that before. 🙄 Meanwhile, #GitHub wants to revolutionize #coding with #AI, as if we aren't already drowning in enough half-baked code written by inattentive humans. 🤖💥
https://github.com/searxng/searxng #searchengine #innovation #technews #HackerNews #ngated

Statt Totalblockade: #Cloudflare trennt KI-Crawler nach Zweck | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Statt-Totalblockade-Cloudflare-trennt-KI-Crawler-nach-Zweck-11351571.html #robotsTXT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SearchEngines #SearchEngine

Statt Totalblockade: #Cloudflare trennt KI-Crawler nach Zweck | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Statt-Totalblockade-Cloudflare-trennt-KI-Crawler-nach-Zweck-11351571.html #robotsTXT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SearchEngines #SearchEngine

After jumping around FOSS/-ish search providers for a while, and most recently encountering issues with Qwant and Startpage because I started using a VPN, I stumbled upon Uruky (https://uruky.com/) and decided to give it a try as the first time a payed for a search engine!

I've been having a **great** time for now!

Better search, better experience, Uruky!

A blog post with more details incoming.

#search #searchEngine #Uruky #Qwant #StartPage #indie

@AlSweigart

Sadly true :-(

It's no more a #searchengine, it's a #searchfiller

@AlSweigart

Sadly true :-(

It's no more a #searchengine, it's a #searchfiller

#retrocomputing #frogfind #searchengine #offbyone

🌐 Off By One: The Tiny Browser Rebel of the 2000s
Today's web browsers are massive. The market is dominated by three huge engines (Blink, Gecko, and WebKit), and launching a browser usually means saying goodbye to gigabytes of RAM. But while checking the server logs recently, I spotted an absolute legend: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; OffByOne; Windows).

Seeing this browser alive in 2026 is a triumph of efficient software design. Let's take a quick look at the Off By One (OBO) browser.

💾 A Masterpiece of Efficiency
Back in the early 2000s, alternative browsers often just slapped a new interface over Microsoft's Trident (Internet Explorer) engine. Not Off By One. Developer HomeTies built OBO with a completely custom, from-scratch HTML rendering engine.

The most mind-blowing part? The entire executable was under 2 megabytes.

🛠️ Minimalist by Design
OBO was "plug & play" before it was cool. It required no installation, didn't clutter your Windows registry, and left a minimal footprint. You could just drop the .exe file onto a floppy disk or a USB stick and run it on any Windows machine instantly.

The core features:

Fully Independent: No reliance on Microsoft libraries or bloated third-party engines.

Zero Bloat: No tabs, no massive plugins, no JavaScript overload. Just pure, fast HTML 3.2 rendering.

Resource Marvel: Blazing fast, even on vintage Pentium hardware with minimal RAM.

🐧 The OSfOM Spirit
At Open Systems for Open Minds, this is exactly the kind of tech we love. OBO proves that the internet doesn't have to be a bloated, memory-hungry mess just to deliver information.

While it won't render today's heavy web apps, it is still a fantastic, lightning-fast tool for the text-based retro web. I highly recommend spinning it up in a vintage Windows VM to experience it yourself—bonus points if you use it to browse osfom.org!

If you manage to grab that screenshot of OBO running in your own VM, just drop it right below the title. That will give it the perfect authentic touch! 🚀🖥️

#retrocomputing #frogfind #searchengine #offbyone

🌐 Off By One: The Tiny Browser Rebel of the 2000s
Today's web browsers are massive. The market is dominated by three huge engines (Blink, Gecko, and WebKit), and launching a browser usually means saying goodbye to gigabytes of RAM. But while checking the server logs recently, I spotted an absolute legend: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; OffByOne; Windows).

Seeing this browser alive in 2026 is a triumph of efficient software design. Let's take a quick look at the Off By One (OBO) browser.

💾 A Masterpiece of Efficiency
Back in the early 2000s, alternative browsers often just slapped a new interface over Microsoft's Trident (Internet Explorer) engine. Not Off By One. Developer HomeTies built OBO with a completely custom, from-scratch HTML rendering engine.

The most mind-blowing part? The entire executable was under 2 megabytes.

🛠️ Minimalist by Design
OBO was "plug & play" before it was cool. It required no installation, didn't clutter your Windows registry, and left a minimal footprint. You could just drop the .exe file onto a floppy disk or a USB stick and run it on any Windows machine instantly.

The core features:

Fully Independent: No reliance on Microsoft libraries or bloated third-party engines.

Zero Bloat: No tabs, no massive plugins, no JavaScript overload. Just pure, fast HTML 3.2 rendering.

Resource Marvel: Blazing fast, even on vintage Pentium hardware with minimal RAM.

🐧 The OSfOM Spirit
At Open Systems for Open Minds, this is exactly the kind of tech we love. OBO proves that the internet doesn't have to be a bloated, memory-hungry mess just to deliver information.

While it won't render today's heavy web apps, it is still a fantastic, lightning-fast tool for the text-based retro web. I highly recommend spinning it up in a vintage Windows VM to experience it yourself—bonus points if you use it to browse osfom.org!

If you manage to grab that screenshot of OBO running in your own VM, just drop it right below the title. That will give it the perfect authentic touch! 🚀🖥️

FYI: Google quietly rewrites AI Max reporting docs - DSA deadline moves to 2027: Google updated AI Max for Search reporting on June 23 with a 2027 DSA deadline, four new search term report views, and a Search Campaigns for Travel guide. https://ppc.land/google-quietly-rewrites-ai-max-reporting-docs-dsa-deadline-moves-to-2027/ #Google #AIMax #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing #PPC

FYI: Google quietly rewrites AI Max reporting docs - DSA deadline moves to 2027: Google updated AI Max for Search reporting on June 23 with a 2027 DSA deadline, four new search term report views, and a Search Campaigns for Travel guide. https://ppc.land/google-quietly-rewrites-ai-max-reporting-docs-dsa-deadline-moves-to-2027/ #Google #AIMax #SearchEngine #DigitalMarketing #PPC

🚫 Oh, Canada! 🍁 #Xonaly, the 'independent' search engine that independently denies you access faster than you can say "maple syrup." 🥞 Perhaps their business strategy is to become the most exclusive 403 error page on the internet. 🙃
https://xonaly.com/ #OhCanada #SearchEngine #403Error #ExclusiveAccess #MapleSyrup #HackerNews #ngated

🚫 Oh, Canada! 🍁 #Xonaly, the 'independent' search engine that independently denies you access faster than you can say "maple syrup." 🥞 Perhaps their business strategy is to become the most exclusive 403 error page on the internet. 🙃
https://xonaly.com/ #OhCanada #SearchEngine #403Error #ExclusiveAccess #MapleSyrup #HackerNews #ngated

#retrocomputing #frogfind #searchengine #apple #iigs #appleiigs #tool130 # marinetti

🍏 1986 Calling: Surfing FrogFind on an Apple IIGS!
As you know, I regularly check the server logs to update the User-Agent parser for FrogFind. Usually, my job involves filtering out aggressive modern web scrapers, adding some obscure 2000s WAP browsers, or analyzing broken headers. But this week, the quarantine log caught an absolute legend.

Someone actually queried the modern web using an Apple IIGS from 1986!

To see a machine that is turning 40 years old actively rendering HTML in 2026 is simply mind-blowing.

The Network Magic: Tool130 & Marinetti 🌐
The User-Agent string in the server log revealed exactly how this vintage beast made its way onto the internet: Mozilla/2.0 (Compatible; Tool130; IIgs).

The TCP/IP Stack: Out of the box, the Apple IIGS obviously didn't ship with native internet capabilities. It connects to the web using Marinetti, a brilliant, community-built TCP/IP stack written specifically for the system.

The Engine: "Tool130" is the specific system tool extension within the Marinetti architecture that handles the TCP/IP protocols. It acts as the vital bridge, allowing early web browsers on the IIGS to talk to the servers of today.

Mission Accomplished 🐸
This log entry right here is exactly why FrogFind was built. We strip away the gigabytes of JavaScript, the bloated CSS frameworks, and the heavy encryption handshakes of the modern internet, returning pure, lightweight HTML. It proves that with a bit of proxy magic and a lot of passion, no computer is ever truly obsolete.

To the anonymous retro-surfer who fired up their Apple IIGS, loaded the TCP/IP stack into RAM, and typed a query into FrogFind: We salute you!

Keep the retro web alive! 🚀

#retrocomputing #frogfind #searchengine #apple #iigs #appleiigs #tool130 # marinetti

🍏 1986 Calling: Surfing FrogFind on an Apple IIGS!
As you know, I regularly check the server logs to update the User-Agent parser for FrogFind. Usually, my job involves filtering out aggressive modern web scrapers, adding some obscure 2000s WAP browsers, or analyzing broken headers. But this week, the quarantine log caught an absolute legend.

Someone actually queried the modern web using an Apple IIGS from 1986!

To see a machine that is turning 40 years old actively rendering HTML in 2026 is simply mind-blowing.

The Network Magic: Tool130 & Marinetti 🌐
The User-Agent string in the server log revealed exactly how this vintage beast made its way onto the internet: Mozilla/2.0 (Compatible; Tool130; IIgs).

The TCP/IP Stack: Out of the box, the Apple IIGS obviously didn't ship with native internet capabilities. It connects to the web using Marinetti, a brilliant, community-built TCP/IP stack written specifically for the system.

The Engine: "Tool130" is the specific system tool extension within the Marinetti architecture that handles the TCP/IP protocols. It acts as the vital bridge, allowing early web browsers on the IIGS to talk to the servers of today.

Mission Accomplished 🐸
This log entry right here is exactly why FrogFind was built. We strip away the gigabytes of JavaScript, the bloated CSS frameworks, and the heavy encryption handshakes of the modern internet, returning pure, lightweight HTML. It proves that with a bit of proxy magic and a lot of passion, no computer is ever truly obsolete.

To the anonymous retro-surfer who fired up their Apple IIGS, loaded the TCP/IP stack into RAM, and typed a query into FrogFind: We salute you!

Keep the retro web alive! 🚀

So far, my only gripe with Mojeek is it tends to lock me out when using a VPN until I find a VPN server that isn't banned. A search engine focused on privacy is worthless if I can't protect my privacy.

#Mojeek #SearchEngine

Hi @ecosia - any chance of a 'No AI' Ecosia search engine, like DuckDuckGo provide?

I'd rather have a search engine that has nothing to do with AI, rather than an option to turn off an 'AI overview'...

#Ecosia #DuckDuckGo #SearchEngine

Hi @ecosia - any chance of a 'No AI' Ecosia search engine, like DuckDuckGo provide?

I'd rather have a search engine that has nothing to do with AI, rather than an option to turn off an 'AI overview'...

#Ecosia #DuckDuckGo #SearchEngine

Privacy isn’t a regulatory hassle, court order, marketing tactic or extra feature to bolt on.

It’s built from the ground up.

The search engine that pioneered zero tracking has your curiosity protected by default.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #privacy

Privacy isn’t a regulatory hassle, court order, marketing tactic or extra feature to bolt on.

It’s built from the ground up.

The search engine that pioneered zero tracking has your curiosity protected by default.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #privacy

Using @Waterfox and @Vivaldi on the laptop and Vivaldi & @Mojeek on the phone now. Based my choices on the results from @ethicalconsumer

#Waterfox #Vivaldi #Mojeek #Ethical #Browser #SearchEngine #Privacy

Mi? A Qwant is reklámmal kezdi a találatlistát? Hát ezért tértem át a Google-ről?

#magyar #enshittification #searchengine #qwant

Mi? A Qwant is reklámmal kezdi a találatlistát? Hát ezért tértem át a Google-ről?

#magyar #enshittification #searchengine #qwant

Data mining and monetisation of human behaviour on the web created the biggest monopolies in human history.

Your Data. Their empire.

Imagine what they can build with paragraphs of conversational data compared to short and simple search queries.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #privacy

Data mining and monetisation of human behaviour on the web created the biggest monopolies in human history.

Your Data. Their empire.

Imagine what they can build with paragraphs of conversational data compared to short and simple search queries.

https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #privacy

Searching in 2026 without LLM products + respecting privacy, what's actually available?

My list so far is:

Mojeek
Oscobo
MetaGer
Swisscows
SearXNG
YaCy

I think Mojeek might be the only one of those that offers a truly independent index (external engine integration is purely optional via redirects, not a backend dependency).

What am I missing? Any others worth checking?

#NoAI #SearchEngine #Privacy #FOSS

Searching in 2026 without LLM products + respecting privacy, what's actually available?

My list so far is:

Mojeek
Oscobo
MetaGer
Swisscows
SearXNG
YaCy

I think Mojeek might be the only one of those that offers a truly independent index (external engine integration is purely optional via redirects, not a backend dependency).

What am I missing? Any others worth checking?

#NoAI #SearchEngine #Privacy #FOSS

20 years ago, Mojeek’s founder made the radical decision to publish the first no tracking privacy policy for a search engine.

It was an ethical choice.

Two decades later, the data economy remains a challenge with your privacy a regulatory, legal and political football.
https://www.mojeek.com

#mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #privacy

Google’s AI Search Just Exposed The Whole Sh*tshow
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jQyKd1_e3Xg
#Google #AI #SearchEngine #WrongAnswers #BadSources #DefundingWebsites #AI_Slop_Is_Not_Optional
#AI_Slop_Is_The_Business_Model #TeamDuckDuckGo