I suspect that this is the direct result of AI generated content just overwhelming any real content.

I tried ddg, google, bing, quant, and none of them really help me find information I want these days.

Perplexity seems to work but I don’t like the idea of AI giving me “facts” since they are mostly based on other AI posts

ETA: someone suggested SearXNG and after using it a bit it seems to be much better compared to ddg and the rest.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    12 hours ago

    There’s an extension that filters out websites from every engine. So like when you see Quora or other other digital garbage in your result, block it once and you’ll never see another Quora article again.

    Idr the name of the extension - I’ll check when I get home and follow up.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Sorry, that was a LONG fuckin day. On call, and we had a couple addon surgeries go late.

        Anyway, this one:

        https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hohser/

        I need to be more diligent about actually using it, if your search gives garbage in even like the first 5 hits, add those to your filter and it’ll start to add up fast. This extension has only been on my radar for a few months, and it’s already made a big difference - I’m in nursing school right now, and trying to look up info on the shit our profs are lecturing on invariably yields like 10 websites that are just cheaty test question databases that don’t actually help you learn jack shit; and there’s so much of that garbage that it makes finding actual info a challenge. Screening that bullshit out alone has been great!

        10/10

      • wanderingmagus@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        8 hours ago

        It’s probably uBlacklist, available on both Chromium-based and Firefox-based browsers. Filters websites and results for search.