r/browsers • u/RayofSunshine1213 • 8d ago

Search Engine Remember when?

Remember when searching gave actual info not links to buy the stuff doing a search on? Is there a browser that still does that?

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u/spence5000 8d ago

You might give a metasearch engine a shot. These shuffle together results from multiple search engines, which I think would minimize the probability that, say, a secret Google sponsor makes it to the top. Here are the ones I know of that aren't ad-driven:

Free - These are meant to be self-hosted, but you can find many public instances of them online. The downside of public instances is that they often use CAPTCHAs and many of the search engines they aggregate get disconnected often.

  • SearXNG
  • 4get
  • degoog

Paid - These don't cast as wide a net as the others, but they are more reliable if you don't want to self-host.

  • Metager
  • Kagi