[calo_star]

> - Google has a number of "sponsored" results at the top of search results, which look identical to the actual search results, other than having a "sponsored".

That was the reason I switched away from Google. Here when I search "apache cassandra" the first result is something something free trial.

edit: I just tried with Bing it gave something similar, oh well.

[cpncrunch]

I tried "apache cassandra" with yahoo and duckduckgo and they both have similar ads that look like search results. Yahoo is even worse, as they just have "Ads related to: apache cassandra" at the top, and then a bunch of ads, where is isn't really obvious where the actual search results begin, just a horizontal line.

Having a look for other search engines, I see all the regular ones from the 90s seem to be dead. There is one called swisscows.com which I hadn't heard of, and it has similar inline ads.

[Eisenstein]

Brave search:

* https://imgur.com/ulPKXsg

[alvarezbjm-hn]

Kagi has much better results. The index.html comes first, them wikipedia

https://i.ibb.co/2SxBTcV/Screenshot-20230606-230829-Firefox....

[djsavvy]

Those are exactly the same top two results, in the same order, as the Brave search screenshot you're responding to. Perhaps you meant to respond to another comment?

[Eisenstein]

The wiki link is second in Brave also, or are you pointing out something else?

Anyway, I also advocate for Kagi, but Brave happens to be free, and I haven't been convinced of the value of what Kagi charges for search, but I have been tempted.

[calo_star]

Do you find any notable downsides to using Brave? I was with Kagi until they introduced limit to the 10$/month paid tier.

[Eisenstein]

Brave browser tries to do some annoying crypto thing by default and has some questionable privacy settings but you can turn all that off. Other than that it is a great browser which has built in ad-blocking (including for youtube). The search is great and is constantly improving.

[2Gkashmiri]

dont you people use ublock origin? browsing internet without it feels like having unprotected sex

[calo_star]

No.

[2Gkashmiri]

you should try it. its pretty nice