just realized whoogle is dead now

2026-07-11 11:31 UTC

google search results are still kind of useful especially for non-english language queries, anyone knows a good alternative? searxng also doesn’t really seem to work these days…

Replies (6)

@otterpop@lemmy.world 2026-07-11 13:09

This might be one of those things where self hosting isn’t worth the pain, like email. I’ve been using Kagi for several years now and have been very happy with it.

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@dial_pootis@lemmy.world 2026-07-11 11:57

Duckduckgo is surprisingly okay, even with non-english queries by using the region selector (your experience may vary)

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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-07-11 21:43

just don’t “google it”.

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@AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 04:00

“internet indexer” should really be a government / EU / UN sponsored public utility thing. And then you have front ends that can improve the search query and filter and sort the results. There is just no reason to have so much wealth / advertising drain from the public for such a fundamental thing.

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@thenikraj@lemmy.ml 2026-07-11 16:32

The modern internet is getting filthier by the day. Gone are the days where independent software used to be a thing I suppose.

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@negativenull@piefed.world 2026-07-11 12:29

I just gave up on searxng too.

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