In @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net, we provide a set of search engine choices. It differs a bit from country to country, but generally we have a nice set of search engines to choose from.
I would advice that you select one of the smaller search engines. They are generally better when it comes to privacy and you are supporting an alternative to Big Tech, although most of them get their search feeds from either Google or Microsoft at this time. That also means that switching from Google or Bing will allow you to get similar search results, while stepping away from Big Tech, so the switching cost should be lower.
So what is your favorite search engine?
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@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Searching directly on wikipedia is surprisingly effective at getting at information – as opposed to content farms cashing in from showing ads.
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There is a reason why we include Wikipedia as well. It is good for many things. So is adding vertical search engines, which is easy to do in Vivaldi. You can then access them all quickly through the search engine shortcuts.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Thank you. Another one would be to search directly into the wayback machine of the webarchive.
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You can add that as well. You have to add it manually, but I tested it and it works well.
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz @jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net I do this when I want to know about someone or something named, which is a big chunk of what would otherwise be general web searches. I go directly to the Wikipedia app on my phone, and it’s a far better scanning / reading experience most of the time.