Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

• Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
• Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
• Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
• DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

More options:
https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/

Quite happy with Ecosia right now. They are building the EU index together with Quant. Be sure to turn off AI overviews in settings so they don't get automatically generated. The only thing that bothers me is how fuzzy the search is. When I search for a specific problem it often just shows me the main website of the project in question.

I've been using Brave Search for 6 months and surprisingly happy with it. I never really liked DDG.

I mainly use mojeek, and its kinda decent for a bespoke search engine.

Been paying for Kagi for well over a year now. It's great. Never looked back.

The web is still a steaming pile of shit but it digs through the shit without treating me like I'm also shit.

Just use SearXNG and aggregate them all.

The only reason I really have to keep Google's search bar on my home screen is Lens, it's unfortunately the best option currently for quickly translating signs and food packaging in my host country.

Then why don't you try it instead of yapping about garbage?

Brave Search is good too.

I made the same comment as you and got downvoted too lol

Apparently people know something about Brave search that we don't.

I've been extremely happy with Kagi, been using it from around 2 years.

For me, it's been easily worth the money for the peace of mind and overwhelming "niceness".

It can filter out AI websites and images, and it allows you to downrank/block/uprank/pin results from domains you choose. It also has a "Fediverse Forums" search mode.

People may dislike Brave for their crypto stuff. I don't know what else.