Google's search results have become pretty much useless for anything but like... how to videos and song lyrics. I know there are better alternatives out there in the year of our lord 2022, but I've been using Google since before it was a verb. Any suggestions?
Also, how difficult is it to build an open source search engine? I imagine it's not something that a group of hexbear coders could manage, but if I'm wrong... we could really use a search engine with an explicitly leftwing bias.
I use Ecosia. It uses the ad revenue to plant trees in developing countries such as in Brazil, Burkina Faso and Indonesia.
These are always the most endangered species, too. Not monocultures. They're a non-profit and their financial records are public for all to see. For example, in September they made €3m, paid €770k in taxes, and planted 1.2m trees.
The search engine itself is decent. Usually finds what I’m looking for. There are a lot more search engines, of course. See this article for a good list/overview. Of them, I’ve personally used DDG, Startpage, SearX, and Ecosia.
apparently it's based on Bing
Yeah
If you use AdBlock on ecosia they don't get the money though, right?
I’m guessing yeah.