Seach engine comparison: Mojeek vs Duckduckgo

Today's search: "skitsystem"

Search result quality: Mojeek is better, includes quality links such as javlaskitsystem.se/ and "Boktips: Jävla skitsystem - boken om den digitala arbetsmiljön"

Privacy: Mojeek is better, uBlock Origin blocks lots of bad things for Duckduckgo but nothing for Mojeek. Also, Duckduckgo shows links to "facebook" and "youtube" which are very bad regarding privacy.

Winner in both categories: Mojeek

@eliasr Interesting! I recently bookmarked Mojeek with intention to check it out. I have not yet read and figured out their business model/finance, and more.
I hadn't mind results from YouTube, that is my opinion. I noticed though they include links to Apple and Amazon music (searched Bob Dylan)! When I search my family name, Image search, not a single photo is shown, which is strange (not my photos, nor other with same name, or geographic place with same name).

@hehemrin I think Mojeek's index is small in comparison to the big ones, there are many pages that have not been indexed yet, not by Mojeek's crawler yet. The advantage is that is't independent.

@hehemrin I have note yet tried Kagi but I do like the idea of it being a paid service. One of the good things about that I think is that it makes it very explicit that search is something worth thinking about, it's then no longer something automatic that happens without anyone thinking about it. Someone is in control of the search works, and that someone has great power. So it's good to make it clear that how you do search matters, it is a choice, and somewhere there is a cost.

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@eliasr Now I'll give Mojeek a try as my default seach engine, with a few other added below for easy access. And I skip Kagi for time being, after listening to latest Bli säker pod episode.

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