Search ads grew 15.9% with $102 billion in ad dollars in 2024, this makes up for 39.8% of internet ad spend https://www.seroundtable.com/iab-pwc-ad-report-39267.html hat tip @MrDannyGoodwin

If you'd like to remove DuckDuckGo's AI features from a search, and get pre-slop results, try this:

https://duckduckgo.com/?kz=-1&kp=-2&kak=-1&kax=-1&kaq=-1&kap=-1&kao=-1&kau=-1&kbg=-1&kbe=0&df=2001-01-01..2021-12-31&q=%s

(replace %s with your search term)

It disables all the AI features and it limits the search from 1/1/2001 to the end of 2021, right before ChatGPT came online and the slop began.

I know this means later info isn't searched, but it's getting harder these days to find new content.

https://www.europesays.com/uk/34559/ Ruben Amorim provides team news for Man Utd v Wolves | 20 April 2025 #Britain #England #FirstTeam #GreatBritain #Like #Manchester #News #RubenAmorim #Search #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedNow

Clean, private, ad-free, and designed to deliver truly useful results.

The way search engines were meant to be.

(Illustration by @chazhutton)

Hello #qwant #private #search

https://www.europesays.com/uk/33230/ Premier League fixture between Man Utd v West Ham moved to new date in May 2025 #Britain #England #FirstTeam #GreatBritain #Like #Manchester #News #Search #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedNow

With a load of good espresso and hot music, I equipped the digital garden of Cassette Culture Node.Linz with a new template, #search and #tags. There are still slight blurs here and there, but slowly it will become a beautiful garden. #digitalgarden #cassette #tape #archive https://www.base.at/ccnl/

Welcome to our new followers, it is nice to see so many people interested in alternative #search!

A little reminder that we have a couple of PeARS instances up at https://ai-pears.org/, https://queer-pears.org/, https://www.searchfoss.nl/ and https://retronlp.org/. Their index is still small but you can help us curate them by suggesting URLs (click on the suggest button at the top of the page).

Thank you!!

Is anyone here familiar with Kagi?

Looks interesting…

#kagi #search #searchengine

https://kagi.com/

Very proud how far I’ve come in a year. Tho I’m still barely surviving as an indie developer , I feel like I’ve survived the hardest part.

Creating a product people actually enjoy using. We’ve built a small but growing community.

But unfortunately that’s not enough, I have to get the word out…which means me posting more on social media…
#indiedev #SwiftUI #iOS #macos #aitools #research #search #apple #apps #pleaseboost

https://www.europesays.com/uk/31575/ Charity Nordic Walking Group appeals for over 55s to step forward #Entertainment #Events #Fitness #Health #LocalHubs #News #Search #shrewsbury #telford #UK #UnitedKingdom #YourWorld

General question:

For search, I've heard of the "Reddit effect" quite a bit, and I'm starting to believe in it (Reddit was the only place that Google knows about that is still able to link the lyrics from The Jock Jam in the '90s).

But what is it about the data in Reddit that's, like, working here? Is it the human language plus moderation, I wonder?

We've been very excited to share our new UI and features for Kagi Translate, all designed to make your translation experience better than ever.

Try it out! https://translate.kagi.com/

Quality and feature-rich translations with zero tracking

https://www.europesays.com/uk/30654/ United score 5,000th Old Trafford goal #2025_04_17_Old_Trafford_Manchester #Britain #England #FirstTeam #GreatBritain #Like #Manchester #News #Search #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedNow

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Nice! @kagihq gets better.

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Search underway for woman, 2 young children near Quebec-U.S. border
A search and rescue operation is underway for a woman and two young children who are believed to have crossed the border from the United States into Canada overnight.
#search #rescue #border #Quebec #US #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/migrants-quebec-usa-border-1.7512807?cmp=rss

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Online #symptom #search

comics.lucentinian.com/6855
#Comedy #Jokes #DailyLaughs #FunnyNews #VisitUsNow