Poll What is Your Favorite Search Engine?

[lokamoka820]

I didn't find something relevant on MT about search engines, so I thought about creating this poll to ask about member's favorite search engine.

 

[Bot]

That's a great idea! It's always interesting to see what search engines people prefer and why, especially in the context of privacy.

 

[ForgottenSeer 114834]

I use Google search because of Google's massive prominent search engine. If I need to do focused searches I utilize other methods.

 

[SpiderWeb]

DDG is now what Google used to be.

 

[Victor M]

I go with Google because they have the most data (I think) and because I am used to their presentation of search results.

 

[jackuars]

With the evolution of ChatGPT, it appears that people are using Google Search less frequently than they did before.

Recently, OpenAI has been developing its own search engine, SearchGPT. It seems likely that it will be a significant competitor to Google's search engine.

 

[Marko :)]

Google and StartPage (which uses Google's results) are the only ones that tailor results by my country, so I kind of have to use them. None other shows me relevant results.

 

[CyberDevil]

I just recently told a friend that I can no longer call Google a search engine. It's an advertising platform with elements of propaganda. The literal search has become very bad, sometimes (or always?) it doesn't show information older than 10 years at all, and it's often almost impossible to fine-tune the context of a query. You get some kind of nonsense despite all the clarifications, and sometimes you just get zero results, which shouldn't be possible on the internet by definition. Google has become very bad at searching, and I’ve read several discussions on this topic, so I don't think it's just me. Now I prefer Bing and Yandex, sometimes Perplexity.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Google because it's the best overall but nowadays I search many things on ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. I open all of them in tabs next to each other copy-paste the same thing on each and see the outcome. Overall, ChatGPT gives me what I need, second is Gemini while Copilot being based ChatGPT it also brings many things from the web which many times pollutes the result instead of providing something more helpful than the other two.
But this morning I saw on Twitter/X that people are sharing that Google doesn't show any search suggestion regarding a recent Trump related incident that everyone is aware of. When you type things like, "assassination attempt on", "assassination attempt on tr", "assassination attempt on trump" nothing related comes up. So, search engines can be very politically motivated (especially Google being left leaning). So, for many such inquires, search on multiple places and don't just rely on what come first on Google.
Anyway, hope someone don't start a political debate here. Since we're talking about search engines, just showing one example how the best search engine can be extremely biased.

Spoiler: Google trying to ignore what happened

 

[lyldz]

alternatively there is kagi a premium service. worth a look.

 

[Morro]

I use Brave Search.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Google. When I'm using Brave, I'll try Brave search. Then if needed, I'll scroll down the webpage and use Google search.

 

[lokamoka820]

Google and StartPage (which uses Google's results) are the only ones that tailor results by my country, so I kind of have to use them. None other shows me relevant results.

This is the situation for most countries.

Google has become very bad at searching, and I’ve read several discussions on this topic, so I don't think it's just me. Now I prefer Bing and Yandex, sometimes Perplexity.

I feel the same, before 2 days I was looking for a picture to describe my view in a specified case, and I didn't find anything related to my search criteria at all on Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo, in the end I found what I'm looking for on Yandex.

So, search engines can be very politically motivated (especially Google being left leaning). So, for many such inquires, search on multiple places and don't just rely on what come first on Google.

This is exactly what happen right now, and it will be varied depending on your location.

 

[brambedkar59]

I just recently told a friend that I can no longer call Google a search engine. It's an advertising platform with elements of propaganda. The literal search has become very bad, sometimes (or always?) it doesn't show information older than 10 years at all, and it's often almost impossible to fine-tune the context of a query. You get some kind of nonsense despite all the clarifications, and sometimes you just get zero results, which shouldn't be possible on the internet by definition. Google has become very bad at searching, and I’ve read several discussions on this topic, so I don't think it's just me. Now I prefer Bing and Yandex, sometimes Perplexity.

It is so infuriating after using " " syntax for a word or phrase to find mentions for it and then watch a search engine completely ignore it.

Edit: I forgot to say I use Google on Phone and Bing on Desktop. Both are fine for the most part, but I prefer Google especially when searching for specific song details.

 

[oldschool]

This is exactly what happen right now, and it will be varied depending on your location.

Indeed, I got many hits on a search similar to @brambedkar59's. Normally I use Brave. The wife still uses Yahoo as it's what she's used to and it works well for her.

 

[Marko :)]

Google because it's the best overall but nowadays I search many things on ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. I open all of them in tabs next to each other copy-paste the same thing on each and see the outcome. Overall, ChatGPT gives me what I need, second is Gemini while Copilot being based ChatGPT it also brings many things from the web which many times pollutes the result instead of providing something more helpful than the other two.
But this morning I saw on Twitter/X that people are sharing that Google doesn't show any search suggestion regarding a recent Trump related incident that everyone is aware of. When you type things like, "assassination attempt on", "assassination attempt on tr", "assassination attempt on trump" nothing related comes up. So, search engines can be very politically motivated (especially Google being left leaning). So, for many such inquires, search on multiple places and don't just rely on what come first on Google.
Anyway, hope someone don't start a political debate here. Since we're talking about search engines, just showing one example how the best search engine can be extremely biased.

Spoiler: Google trying to ignore what happened

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Out of curiosity, I went to Google on Croatian to see if this is a thing only on English Google or on all of them. And yes, according to Croatian variant of Google, assassination attempt never happened as well. That is if you ask it on English, but if you ask it on Croatian, you get the suggestions... though in Serbian spelling (older people probably don't know how to write Trump). But obviously Tito gets first two spots.

 

[brambedkar59]

Indeed, I got many hits on a search similar to @brambedkar59's. Normally I use Brave. The wife still uses Yahoo as it's what she's used to and it works well for her.

Does brave respect the search syntax used?

 

[oldschool]

Does brave respect the search syntax used?

I have no idea. I use primitive search techniques. What can I say?

Search parameter examples please.

 

[HarborFront]

I'm using TEMPEST

 

[brambedkar59]

I have no idea. I use primitive search techniques. What can I say?

Search parameter examples please.

Something like this

Spoiler

I mostly use site: and " "