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Bruce MacDonald<p>Advice from my former employer.</p><p>"Public media is facing cuts and new challenges and your trust means a lot. By choosing MPR News as a preferred source, you’re supporting independent, fact-checked local journalism."<br><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/09/09/choose-mpr-news-how-to-get-google-to-show-our-stories-in-your-search-results" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/09/09/c</span><span class="invisible">hoose-mpr-news-how-to-get-google-to-show-our-stories-in-your-search-results</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2387155/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2387155/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> EU slaps Google with €2.95B fine despite Trump trade threat – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Competition</span></a>/antitrust <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Maro%C5%A1%C5%A0ef%C4%8Dovi%C4%8D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarošŠefčovič</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OnlineAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Techdirt: New Russian Law Will Criminalize Internet Searches For ‘Extremist Content’. “…now, as a sneaky amendment to a completely unrelated bill, Russia has passed a law that will criminalize searching for any content the Russian government decides is verboten.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/29/techdirt-new-russian-law-will-criminalize-internet-searches-for-extremist-content/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/29/techdirt-new-russian-law-will-criminalize-internet-searches-for-extremist-content/</a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/research-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/res</span><span class="invisible">earch-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half/</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44663227" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4663227</span></a></p><p>Pew Research Center analysis shows how hard AI is hitting web traffic. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SERP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SERP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/275301/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/275301/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/243644/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/243644/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Europe’s top CEOs ask EU to pause AI Act – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Companies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Competitiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Competitiveness</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HennaVirkkunen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HennaVirkkunen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>I've been using duckduckgo for a while but their new "Feature" of an AI assist was the final straw to try startpage.com</p><p>Are there any other good ones?</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Commission bars ‘AI agents’ from joining online meetings – POLITICO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/928853/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/928853/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrusselsBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsBubble</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Employment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robotics</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2002095/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2002095/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Commission bars ‘AI agents’ from joining online meetings – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrusselsBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsBubble</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robotics</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/26401/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/26401/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Commission bars ‘AI agents’ from joining online meetings – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrusselsBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsBubble</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robotics</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Ask HN: Do you still use search engines? | Hacker News<br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43619768" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3619768</span></a></p><p>Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine<br><a href="https://kagi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kagi.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kagi.com/pricing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kagi.com/pricing</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thoughts about Kagi search engine : privacy<br><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1bmubkd/thoughts_about_kagi_search_engine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1bmubkd/thoughts_about_kagi_search_engine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a></p>
Aaron :bc:🖖<p>Duck Duck Go is garbage, I’ve tried to stick with it, but I really need something better. Ugh. Not going to use G, tho. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>I Quit Google for ChatGPT/other AI Search: I’m Not Going Back<br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/google-search-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-6ac749d9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/goo</span><span class="invisible">gle-search-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-6ac749d9</span></a><br>WSJ, ugh! Non-paywalled: <a href="https://archive.fo/hTPST" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.fo/hTPST</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>HN: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43481261" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3481261</span></a></p><p>Google searches (ALL ads-for search) SUCK!. Shopping websites too !! 🤬</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I just added some <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/searchpages.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">search engine recommendations</a> to the <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">lists.d repo</a></p><p>For this initial version, there are some interesting contenders:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> just to be mentionted as one of the few <em>mid</em> search sites that can be used over <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> and is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> default search.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ahmia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ahmia</span></a> which is an independently run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> that crawls Tor but <a href="https://ahmia.fi/legal/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">filters out</a> the <a href="https://ahmia.fi/blacklist/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">nastiest parts</a>.</p></li><li><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesSearch</span></a> because it is a <em>"hybrid aproach"</em> doing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/searx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searx</span></a> + filling the gaps with DuckDuckGo.</p></li><li><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.clew.se/@clew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>clew</span></a></span>, (made by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amin</span></a></span> ) which has it's own index but also includes <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bangs</span></a>"</em> to use external sites. It's focussed on speed and privacy.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrogFind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrogFind</span></a> (by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@ActionRetro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ActionRetro</span></a></span> ) also got listed because it's not just a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebProxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebProxy</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputers</span></a> but also able to search DuckDuckGo... </p></li></ul> <p><a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/README.md#faq" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">As always</a> feel free to open up an issue / pull request if you want to see more entries... </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebSearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngines</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Searching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Searching</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ListsD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ListsD</span></a></p>
OpenWebSearch.eu<p>22 papers from 68 authors – <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/ossym24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ossym24</span></a> offered a broad spectrum of scientific work on on the topics of <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/internetsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetsearch</span></a> and <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/openwebsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openwebsearch</span></a>. </p><p>Vol. 6 of the International Open Search Symposium proceedings summarises the research results that were presented at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LRZ_DE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LRZ_DE</span></a></span> in Munich.</p><p>👉 Download the issue for free: <a href="https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/OSSYM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php</span><span class="invisible">/OSSYM</span></a></p><p>🤩 We already look forward to the next year's conference – the <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/ossym25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ossym25</span></a>, taking place from 8 - 10 October 2025 at CSC - IT Center for Science.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suma-ev.social/@osf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>osf</span></a></span> <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/opensearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensearch</span></a></p>
Lennard van Otterloo<p>This is great news in search engine land.</p><p>I feel that this is right time to do it, too. Just when Google is struggling with the quality of its results (and seems to have thrown in the towel to SEO and monetisation) and big players are polluting their results with AI slop.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ecosia-qwant-eusp-take-on-google-search-index/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/ecosia-qwant-e</span><span class="invisible">usp-take-on-google-search-index/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qwant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@chu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://col.social/@ScratchinPro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ScratchinPro</span></a></span> </p><p>« For example, an adult said to the child: “Ooh, a small car! Can you move the small car for me?” Children could see three cars — small, medium and large — but were in position to observe that the adult could not see the smallest car. Since the adult could see only the medium and large cars, when she said “small” car, she must be referring to the child’s “medium.” »</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html</span></a></p><p>Found using the first attempt in Google, searching for:</p><p>multilingual children research empathy cars trucks</p><p>Although I'll immediately admit that often a lot of tweaking of the search terms is required. And if Google doesn't come up with someting useful, DuckDuckGo may help. But then again, sometimes I have to give up or Google will start asking me if I'm a human (it still seems to prefer them over bots).</p><p>Do not underestmate the power of double quotation marks (although they are fuzzy and sometimes being ignored (both DDG and Google).</p><p>If you know the country of publication:<br>site:uk<br>may help tremendously.</p><p>IMO learning "to google" is a good investment (even if they are increasingly evil).</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> is an illegal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a>, federal court rules</p><p>A federal court has found that Google illegally abused its market <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to quash <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a>, handing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> a landmark victory against as it takes on a string of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> lawsuits <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>.<br>
“Google is a monopolist, &amp; it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote in his judgment on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/05/doj-google-monopoly-trial-judgment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2024/08/05/doj-google-monopoly-trial-judgment/</span></a></p>
Jan :rust: :ferris:<p>before:2022</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GenerativeBullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeBullshit</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a></p>
Mangla :verified:<p>Le AI generative dovrebbero potenziare anche la ricerca su Internet. Intanto cominciano demolendola.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/intelligenzaartificiale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligenzaartificiale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/IAgenerativa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAgenerativa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/intelligenzaartificialegenerativa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligenzaartificialegenerativa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/chatGpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatGpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/quora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/googleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googleSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/internetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/searchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/searchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchEngines</span></a></p>