#searchengine

Listening to the #SearchEngine podcast episode where they talk about ending the #forkiverse for the following reasons:

1. they ran out of storage space ($$$)
2. hosts didn't use it (yet another feed?)
3. russian propaganda hacker bots

imo the key thing they said is they would have kept it going if not for strike 3. they said @jaz@toot.wales says they let an innocuous base account join which enabled tons of future accounts join w/o authorization.

I want to talk about this...

In July, your searches financed more than 2 million trees across 14 countries 🌳 From Romania and Italy to Nicaragua, India and Madagascar, you helped fund biodiverse, native forests around the world. Your searches can fund this instead of billionaire shareholders. Just switch to Ecosia. #ecosia #searchengine

List of Search Alternatives Suggested in "Search is Broken" Threads I plan on updating this. #search #ongoingList #searchEnginehttps://marginalia-search.com/ Message boards, academic https://uruky.com/ Pay to search, no ads

"One guy in #Sweden built a #searchengine to fight Google, and it works. It's called #MarginaliaSearch. It runs its own #crawler and builds its own #index instead of borrowing Bing's. It has no ads, no investors, and no loans. What it does differently: it ranks for text-heavy, non-commercial pages. Personal blogs. Old university pages. The weird corners SEO strangled. Every result tells you whether the page uses affiliate links and JavaScript, and you can filter them out. There's an "explore" mode that just shows you random sites from the index. It's open source under AGPL, so you can host your own copy. It's keyword-based, so don't type a full question at it. Type two nouns and see where you land. Every #searchengine now shows you the same twelve #monetizedpages."

🕷️ brunostjohn/perplexideez Search the web and your self-hosted apps using local AI agents. Self-hosted search platform using AI agents to browse the web, track sources, and manage user accounts. ⭐ Stars: 571 📅 Last Update: Jul 24, 2026 https://github.com/brunostjohn/perplexideez #selfhosted #homelab #selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #searchengine

The European Commission fines Google €890 million over competition rules. The Commission said it found that Google had preferenced its search engine and app store in ways that unfairly harmed competition. https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-the-european-commission-fines-google-890-million-over-competition-rules?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward #Google #EU #Competition #Regulation #Fine #Tech #BigTech #SearchEngine #AppStore

Google and Bing power most ‘sovereign’ search engines in Europe and they collect the rent. Not Mojeek. The only search engine to build everything from the ground up with zero rent paid to Big Tech. https://www.mojeek.com #mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #sovereign #sovereignty

Google’s $4trillion empire. 190,000 workers. $15billion marketing spend. Planetary dominance. The Galactic Empire vs The Rebel Alliance. Mojeek’s independent tech. Small team. No marketing budget. The rebels defending sovereignty. https://www.mojeek.com #mojeek #search #searchengine #bigtech #alternatives #sovereign #sovereignty

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

My sister sent me a Google link with search results about something we'd discussed. I thanked her, and then suggested using "No AI" DuckDuckGo for searches in future. Then sent her this link: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ I know there are other search engine options but switching from google.com to this link is fairly painless. Crossing my fingers that this makes an impact and she makes the switch! 🤞 #NoAI #FuckAI #SearchEngine #DuckDuckGo #DeGoogle

A bit wild to say but @kagihq@mastodon.social has provided significantly better search results then Google or DDG. I may be a believer now. #kagi #google #ddg #searchengine #web

My go-to SearXNG public instance is no longer available. If anyone has any alternative recommendations, I’d appreciate them! I’m also curious if anyone would be interested in collaboratively managing a server as a co-op. If that's you, please reach out! #Search #SearchEngine #SearXNG #Tech #OpenSource #Privacy #cooperatives

For those who want a search engine with no enshittification, Kagi is a good choice. I took a look at my experience after 6 months' use: https://leisureguy.ca/2025/12/22/kagi-search-2/ #Kagi #searchEngine #software