Amnesiac

Brave Search gives me the best results.

https://lemmy.world/post/23279500

Brave Search gives me the best results. - Lemmy.World

Although I hate the Brave browser, the search engine is the most useful of the others. It gives me the most correct results compared to the others, even it sometimes ignores the quality resources. I wonder your opinion about the search engine. Do you have any negative ones?

Dec 18, 2024 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadUraniumBlazerDec 18, 2024
I really want to switch to brave’s search engine from ddg (mainly cuz brave has its own index while ddg uses Bing’s). But I have a rlly nice theme on ddg, which makes me feel rlly comfortable. Sure, I can put up user themes/ user scripts whatever for brave search too, but I’m not getting the time to do all that.
Show threadSips'Dec 18, 2024
Mind sharing what kinda theme you rocking?
Show threadUraniumBlazerDec 19, 2024
Ooo I have a custom one, which is pitch black and has like pink n gray accents n stuff like that. Looks really sexy on my screen
Show threadfmstratDec 19, 2024
Switch to searxng, make your theme, and never get locked in again.
Show threadUraniumBlazerDec 19, 2024
I never tried searx much. I’ll do it now :)
Show threaddeadcatbounceDec 18, 2024

Can you use the brave search engine from other browsers? (Is it a proxy for any other search engine?)

I’m expecting a negative, but a fella can dream.

Full disclosure: currently using StartPage and reasonably happy. StartPage is a proxy for Google as far as I can tell, although I’ve seen people say (on Reddit) it refers to Bing too.

Show threadsic_semper_tyrannisDec 18, 2024
You can. For instance, look up the Brave Search extension on Firefox. Or you can just set the brave.search link to your home page button on any browser.
Show threadⓂ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌Dec 18, 2024
I ditched brave for DuckDuckGo, then DuckDuckGo for Ecosia…
Show threadrnercleDec 18, 2024

I ditched brave for DuckDuckGo, then DuckDuckGo for Ecosia…

you went back to Bing and Google. Congratulations

Show threaddubyakayDec 19, 2024
DDG uses bing and yandex under the hood, no?
Show threadrnercleDec 19, 2024

duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/…/sources/

Most of our search result pages feature one or more Instant Answers. To deliver Instant Answers on specific topics, DuckDuckGo leverages many sources, including specialized sources like Sportradar and crowd-sourced sites like Wikipedia. We also maintain our own crawler (DuckDuckBot) and many indexes to support our results. Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing. Our focus is synthesizing all these sources to create a superior search experience.

Where do DuckDuckGo search results come from?

DuckDuckGo is an independent internet privacy company that offers a private alternative to Google search & Chrome in one free app.

DuckDuckGo Help Pages
Show threadSips'Dec 18, 2024
Kagi user here. This search engine is miles in front of all the other ones I’ve tried. Even has a toggle for searching for stuff within the fediverse!