So I’ve tried out a few search engines but no matter where I look I can’t find a great answer.

  • Qwant was decent for a bit but as I eventually found out they don’t use their own index.
  • SearXNG, same as above.
  • Mojeek was one of the first I went with but I often can’t find what I’m looking for when using it.
  • Wikipedia gives me YaCy, Exalead, Opensearch, Gigablast, and Elasticsearch but either I can’t find the URL’s for them or they require I install something on my computer.

What did you all end up picking? And does it even matter if the back-end is American owned, do American companies make money from that (or does that give them inordinate control)?

  • Reannlegge@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I use Ecosia, while I understand it uses the Google and Bing results I am glad to hear they are working with another french company to index the web. I personally use pihole to block the ads but I know it goes against Ecosia’s mission.