I'm giving up on Google.

[lina@vt.social]

I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

[yon@sakurajima.moe]

@lina It’s wild how different the AI replies and the “traditional” list of actual real sources can be. Especially since it’s the same idea (just with an AI summary).

It’s getting really weird.

[alwayscurious@infosec.exchange]

Enshittification I guess? Not caring?

[alwayscurious@infosec.exchange]

@Adam_Howard @lina Wow, Qwant is amazing so far.

[lina@vt.social]

@alwayscurious Enshittification. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

[lina@vt.social]

@Adam_Howard Alas...

[keyshooter@akko.wtf]

@lina @Adam_Howard i pay for kagi, is quite good afaik, i never heard of this other one, gonna investigate and see if it also helps

[keyshooter@akko.wtf]

@lina @Adam_Howard looks like it works on my country? interesting

[keyshooter@akko.wtf]

@Adam_Howard @lina trueeee.... that's why i was looking to see if this works, the problem is that kagi is really darn good when you are a developer

[keyshooter@akko.wtf]

@Adam_Howard @lina will start experimenting!! til something new

[lina@vt.social]

@Adam_Howard I'm in Japan.

[FIX] Mention that Qwant is only available in ~30 countries · Issue #408 · tycrek/degoogle

Checklist I have read the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md Include my name in CONTRIBUTORS.md I am affiliated with this alternative Alternative name Qwant Error In the entry of Qwant, nothing is mentioned about it being available in only a ...

GitHub (github.com)

[adam_howard@planet.moe]

@lina

That is odd. I am using a VPN which reports me as in Japan and it works for me.

I have a few more search engines outside the United States on my list here for you to try:

Cookie monster!

(codeberg.org)

[cobratbq@mastodon.social]

@lina indeed first 3 pages on DDG are relevant. (Github, homepage, yt) That's how a search engine should be performing.

[lina@vt.social]

@Adam_Howard I tried both LTE and WiFi (two different providers) and both are blocked...

[adam_howard@planet.moe]

@lina

Really odd. . As I said, I do have a list of search engines outside the United States.

Qwant — France, Europe
https://www.qwant.com

Ecosia — Germany, Europe
https://www.ecosia.org

Mojeek — England, Europe
https://www.mojeek.com

Swisscows — Switzerland, Europe
https://swisscows.com

Naver — South Korea, Asia
https://www.naver.com

[brettowe@fosstodon.org]

@lina I recently was told about SearXNG and now use that

[bryce@mastodon.brycedixon.dev]

@lina I've previously had issues where I'll have a technical problem, search online with the specific keywords describing the problem, and Google just gives me a hundred articles about how "this software so great because you can't have the described problem!"

[kadettin@muenster.im]

@Adam_Howard @lina nothing ist out of DTs influence. But every little step to cut his options counts.

[wombatpandaa@mastodon.social]

@lina I feel you, this is why I switched away from Google as well.

[su_melan@ani.work]

@Adam_Howard @lina hmm, same in japan