I’ve tried searx, but even simple queries returned no results. I just want sometnig reasonably private that works and doesn’t turn the Web into a shopping mall.

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    a year ago

    Searx is pretty good, but you have to tell it to use search engines. It uses cookies to store settings by default, but they expire in about a month. You can also use a URL that stores the configuration, or good old !bangs. For example, !go will return results from Google - and it doesn’t compromise privacy since the Searx instance is the one making the query to Google, and then it passes the results to you.

    • UnknownQuantity@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      a year ago

      Is there a guide on how to do this? Quite frankly, it sounds way too complicated for me - using search engine to learn how to use search engines and then having to set it up monthly…

      • rompe@lemm.ee
        2·
        a year ago

        Just click on the settings icon on any SearXNG instance. You will see a list of search engines with checkboxes to enable them and the bang notation you can add to your query to limit a search to just this engine.

        My suggestion would be: try to get used to it, it’s really worth it.