Tag: search engines
Settings in “No AI” DuckDuckGo
Back on June 8, 2026, Chris Wiegman published a blog post titled You Don't Need the DuckDuckGo noai Subdomain. For those not in the know, noai.duckduckgo.com is a subdomain of DuckDuckGo search which removes DuckDuckGo's new "AI" features. I wrote about how to add the "noai" version of DuckDuckGo as a search engine to Chromium-...
breaking: ai slop infects additional ai slop
Remember that WKNA site that DuckDuckGo was citing to claim that Trump had died from rabies? It appears to be a pink slime publication masquerading as a real local outlet, filled with fake news content that itself strongly appears to be generated by AI — and it very much seems to be cribbing from the...
On Personal Search Engines
I read a blog post titled Personal Search Engines with interest (HT Steve Makofsky). The author, Jason J. Gullickson, describes building a prototype federated personal search engine seeded with domains from his RSS feed collection. I like the idea of a personal search engine and have had trying YaCy to that effect on my personal...
Che fare? (cit.)
Attività correnti e progetti per il futuro di Archivio Grafton9
Snip Snip
A new lawsuit by a major publishing conglomerate takes aim at Google’s AI summaries—and hints at the many ways that Google undermines its own mission by forcing unwanted features on its users.
Giving DuckDuckGo Another Chance
A few days ago, I wrote about my quest for a better search engine. For the past few months, I had been using Kagi, but I have since canceled the subscription. As a consequence, I returned back to DuckDuckGo. However, I felt it wasn't able to satisfy my needs... but was I right?
Finding a Good Search Engine
From February up until now, I have been using a paid search engine, Kagi. Two weeks ago, I canceled my subscription to try giving DuckDuckGo - or maybe another search engine - a go. However, I still find the search results quite lacking!
One Extra Click
Google announces a plan to add yet another barrier to the ease of getting an ultra-simple Web search. Great.
Could &udm=14 Break?
That popular single-serving site I built to work around Google’s AI snippets could, unfortunately, see an infusion of AI soon. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Let’s Bring Back Small Tools
Thoughts on the misadventure of udm14, or what I hope to gain from successfully reviving the single-serving site for a couple of weeks.
Does One Line Fix Google?
Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of all the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. All you have to do is add \"udm=14\" to the search URL.
Cache Clearing
Google appears to hide away an important feature from its search engine—an easily accessible cache of search results. (It’s still there, if you know where to look.)
The Technorati Generation
The search engine that kept up at the speed of blogging created a “search war” with Google. But eventually, the speed of blogging just wasn’t fast enough.
FTP Fadeout
The beating heart of the early internet may have been FTP, or file transfer protocol. But after 50 years of mainstream use, its demise may be imminent.
Jumping-Off Point
What the heck is a jumpstation, and why did it fade from internet nomenclature? It’s complicated, but the web’s first search engine is in there somewhere.
Extreme Googling
It’s easy to forget given its size, but Google fundamentally changed our relationship with information. Two decades later, we’re still feeling the effects.
No Thanks, Spammers
How search engine marketers are ruining what’s left of the open web through too aggressive automation. No, I won’t add your link to my old piece.