7 Google Alternatives That Don't Force Ai Into Your Search Results

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I don't cognize astir you, but I'm tired of seeing AI utilized successful spot of existent hunt results successful my web browser aliases utilized to summarize immoderate I'm looking for. Google has go useless because of this, and different celebrated hunt engines are pursuing adjacent behind.

With much and much hunt devices turning to AI, what tin you do? Are location alternatives that aren't pushing AI beforehand and center? 

Why yes, location are. 

Here's a short database of hunt engines that do not push AI successful your look and alternatively spell nan old‑school way pinch existent website results.

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I will connection this 1 warning: At slightest 2 of these hunt engines (Brave and DuckDuckGo) connection AI features that tin beryllium disabled. 

In Brave's case, it's nan Answer With AI characteristic that tin beryllium abnormal successful Settings, and pinch DuckDuckGo, there's a fastener astatine nan top-right for Duck AI, which you tin besides disable successful Settings. Once you've abnormal those features, they won't look successful your hunt results aliases connected nan main page of nan engine.

1. Brave

Did you cognize that Brave has its ain hunt engine? That's correct -- spell to search.brave.com, and you won't find AI astatine nan halfway of this privacy‑focused hunt engine. You conscionable request to disable nan Answer With AI feature successful Settings first. 

In 2021, Brave's hunt motor became nan default for nan Brave browser. I've utilized it, and it's rather good. With nary information collected, you tin stake I usage it regularly. Brave's hunt motor is free to use. 

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One point to support successful mind is that nan Brave scale is intentionally smaller than Google's aliases Bing's to debar spam and low‑quality content.

2. Dogpile

Dogpile really fetches results from Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, and Bing, but it presents nan results wholly AI‑free. By aggregating results from nan bigger sites, you tin beryllium judge you'll find what you're looking for (without having to woody pinch AI summaries). 

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Dogpile has been astir since 1996 and shows nary motion of going away. It besides includes features specified arsenic class links, Yellow Pages, White Pages, pronunciation correction, filters, statistics, caller searches, favourite fetches, and more.

3. DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo has been my default hunt motor for immoderate clip now, for respective reasons -- 1 of which is that it doesn't unit AI into nan results. It's besides 1 of nan much backstage hunt engines available. AI features are disposable but abnormal by default. To alteration aliases disable Duck AI, usage nan fastener successful nan top‑right aliases toggle it successful Settings.

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You tin usage DuckDuckGo successful conjunction pinch nan DuckDuckGo browser for other information -- blocking, nary cooky pop‑ups, and nan Leave No Trace feature. You tin easy group DuckDuckGo arsenic your default hunt motor successful astir web browsers.

4. Ecosia

Ecosia is touted arsenic a "green hunt engine." The institution down Ecosia plants trees successful much than 35 countries and restores biodiversity. Ecosia is transparent -- you tin moreover position its existent revenue. This hunt motor is each astir helping nan satellite pinch greenish initiatives, each while giving you a hunt motor pinch zero AI features. 

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The institution besides offers a web browser that sets Ecosia arsenic its default.

5. Lilo

Lilo is unique: you tin prevention sites connected nan page itself to shrink your c footprint, because you won't ever request to hunt for nan aforesaid sites. You'll announcement nan Lilo logo is simply a h2o driblet -- and there's a logic for that: for each hunt you perform, you gain a driblet of water. That driblet tin past beryllium donated to nan relation aliases task of your choice. 

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Lilo besides includes a news feed, though I've often recovered nan results are typically successful French.

6. Metacrawler

Metacrawler is simply a metasearch motor that aggregates results from aggregate hunt engines, including Google and Bing. By being an aggregator, you'll get a broader position connected immoderate taxable and mightiness travel crossed results you wouldn't find elsewhere. Of course, results whitethorn vary. 

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Metacrawler was nan first meta hunt motor -- truthful it's trusted to instrumentality around. It's been bought and sold respective times, but it's still kicking.

7. Qwant

Qwant values you arsenic a person, not a product. Your information is ne'er sold, your searches are not saved, and you tin group nan level of contented filtering. There's nary AI involved. One bully Qwant characteristic successful settings lets you unfastened each clicked links successful a caller tab. I admit this because I often request to spell backmost to results to cheque different sites. Most hunt engines unfastened links successful nan aforesaid tab -- you tin right‑click aliases Alt‑click to unfastened successful a caller tab, but I sometimes forget. 

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The important point is that Qwant does not push AI summaries aliases results.

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