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Search engines down? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Is it just me or are many independent search engines down? Duckduckgo, my go to engine, qwant, ecosia, startpage... All down? The only hint I got was on the qwant page...

Edit: it all seems to be related to bing being down. I hope the independent engines will find a way to get really independent...

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[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Looks interesting why have i never heard of this. Are there any websites that rank search engines to get some concrete metrics? I had a look at what people have been saying about it seems it has poor search results unfortubatly.

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

idk about any ranking sites, but from what I understand, YaCy gets better the more ppl participate in it

other ppl already mentioned Searxng which is also great

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Thats what im currently using but its a meta search engine and still relies on everyone else's proprietary crap.

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