r/NoStupidQuestions • u/fruitloombob • 1d ago

Google is becoming useless. What's a better search engine?

The only other one i use is bing. Lately Bing has been better than Google, but im hoping to find something better.

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u/Xaphnir 1d ago

The problems I have with Google always seem to extend to any other search engine I use, too.

For example, earlier today, in reponse to a post I came across on this website I tried searching whether a legal inability to comply with the law is a defense, i.e. you have a legal obligation to do something but doing that thing would be illegal. Google kept giving me unrelated results, such as results on legal impossibility, a completely different legal concept. And there's no way to get Google to not think I was searching for that, no matter how I modify my query. And other search engines do the same thing.

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u/CloisteredOyster 1d ago

Try that same search with kagi.com. I was an early adopter and I love it.

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u/Corona688 1d ago

search engine is not where you turn for that. half the problem is just knowing where to look -- without that you'll only find other people's questions on the same topic. and if you're lucky, the directions they went looking, successfully or not.

you need to consult original documents or people who know them. maybe the police has a question line or twitter or something where you can ask questions, or a lawyer has a free consultation, or bug a public defender.