#searchEngines
LightNews LightNews
bumblesnuff.bsky.social
Also useful in the fight against disinformation. You might be able to make “-ai” and “-prompt” a default-ish search. In Chrome:

1. Open Chrome’s custom search engine settings. In the URL, type “chrome://settings/searchEngines”

2. Click “Add” beside site search.
jongraywb.blacksky.app ✪ Gray Skies Ahead ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · Mar 27
How to filter out AI Images in Google Image Search.

Sharing this with my students so I figured I'd also share it with everyone here.

Hopefully this image is still relevant given Google's changes. Save this on your computer or phone and refer to it as needed.
HOW TO FILTER OUT AI IMAGES IN GOOGLE IMAGES When you type something add the following minus keywords: -ai, -prompt Since AI movement increased highly in 2022, use "before:" like before:2021 (VERY effective) The following keywords will affect and should decrease amounts of AI imagery appearing on your search. Create, not scrape!
November 19, 2024 at 11:10 PM
cybdetective.bsky.social
ODCrawler

Open directory search engine.

Search videos, audio, images, archives and more.

odcrawler.xyz

#searchengines #osint
July 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
edmo-eu.bsky.social
It focuses on how #criticalthinking, #transparency, and #misinformation resilience can be embedded directly into user journeys across #socialmedia, #searchengines, video platforms, #messaging systems, and #gaming environments. 2/3
EDMO Training on Media Literacy by Design: Practical Approaches for Platforms and Users. Can We Do Better? - EDMO
edmo.eu
September 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
erikhansson.bsky.social
Because there are European alternatives to Google.
european-alternatives.eu/category/sea...
#searchengines
European search engines | European Alternatives
A search engine allows their users to search the internet.
european-alternatives.eu
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
cybdetective.bsky.social
Web Dorks

A free online tool for creating advanced search queries for 11 search engines:

Bing
Censys
DuckDuckGo
FOFA
GitHub
GitLab
Google
PublicWWW
SecurityTrails
Shodan

webdorks.vercel.app

#osint #dorks #searchengines
June 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
danielbowen.au
um no, that's not what I was looking for
#SearchEngines
Search on DuckDuckGo for elizabeth line. First returned hit is Wikipedia entry for "Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II"
August 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
cybdetective.bsky.social
6 search engines that find the internet that Google forgot

No AI answers, min AI generated and SEO spam. Detailed review by Gregory Glibson:

Marginalia Search
Wiby
Million Short
Search My Site
Mwmbl
Mojeek

www.makeuseof.com/search-engin...

#searchengines
August 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
cybdetective.bsky.social
PDFSearch.io

Online tool for searching over 18 million PDF documents.

One advantage over other document search engines is that the table of contents of the documents found is displayed right in the search results.

#osint #searchengines
May 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
handle.invalid
⭐ For my DuckDuckGo homies who want to remove "AI" results from their privacy-focused search engine:

Add/Edit DDG address to noai.duckduckgo.com?q=%s

Desktop: noai.duckduckgo.com
Edge: edge://settings/searchEngines
Chrome: chrome://settings/searchEngines

Same for the New Tab setting (FF users)
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
noai.duckduckgo.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
lizneeley.bsky.social
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago. Thread says "How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box. A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search. Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following: Name: AI Free Web Shortcut: @web URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14 You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines. Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default. From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
cybdetective.bsky.social
VormWeb

Search engine for .onion domains. Not too many indexed sites, but there are Darkglossary definition hints.

vormweb.de/en/

#darknet #searchengines
July 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
valentin.app
…make pseudo incognito searches without switching into incognito mode. I added www.google.com/search?igu=1... to my list additional search engines in Chrome (chrome://settings/searchEngines) to quickly access it
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
researchbuzz.bsky.social
#VideoGames #SearchEngines #SpecialtySearch

'GameDev Torch is a small gamedev specific search engine.

Search gamedev related articles, game engines, frameworks, blog posts and more from a manually curated set of websites.'

gamedevtorch.com
GameDev Torch
Curated gamedev search engine
gamedevtorch.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
cherithriver.bsky.social
Seems like all my searches these days are responded to by someone who isn’t listening to the question.

#searchengines #AI
August 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM
spudislander45.bsky.social
If you are in the #USA and are looking for #safe #encrypted non American #searchengines

#DuckDuckGo
#Ecosia (EU and climate action)

Email: #ProtonMail free. Even Proton cannot read your emails. Swiss company with the highest privacy and security standards.
March 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ahaachja.bsky.social
#News #SearchEngines #Internet

🙂 Hello, fellow activists, since #Google is acting up again:
ahaachja.bsky.social Micha @ahaachja.bsky.social · May 28
🙂 If you'd like, try www.startpage.com.
It anonymizes your search query and returns the same results as Google;

And www.ecosia.org in
German; English; Spanish; French; Italian; Dutch.
May 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
evadeva.bsky.social
You can also add a search engine shortcut to your browser:
For example, in chrome://settings/searchEngines you can add npmx.dev/search?q=%s
And typing "@npm" will let you search for any package, skipping Google
September 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
food4dogs.bsky.social
#Google #searchengines
4
I would encourage everyone who cares about meaningful searching online to look at *all* the options.
I know .. not many. 😒

I am trialing ones other than Google.
I have never had good experiences with Bing, so that would be a last desperate resort.

Let me know your SE exp!
December 12, 2024 at 11:34 PM
queenofmars.space
Well, you could use a duck call
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November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
kwatier.bsky.social
📧 Our final Search and Social News update of the year is out. Featuring
@crystalontheweb.bsky.social
@gfiorelli1.bsky.social
@dejanseo.bsky.social
@kelseylibert.bsky.social
@johnmcalpin.bsky.social and more!

Enjoy and happy holidays!🎄

#google #seo #socialmedia #youtube #searchengines
December 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM
sigmundfried.bsky.social
Also, you can disable AI Overviews by using a workaround in Chrome settings. Navigate to chrome://settings/searchEngines, add a new search engine with the URL {google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s, and set it as default.
December 28, 2024 at 4:33 PM
e-mondragon.bsky.social
You may also need to visit
chrome://settings/searchEngines?search=AI+mod

and deactivate Gemini and Google AI mode.
e-mondragon.bsky.social Esther Mondragón @e-mondragon.bsky.social · Nov 19
People using Chrome may want to know about this.
To disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode in the search box below and disable the three options displayed.
An image showing a Chrome window to disable the new default AI mode. Type chrome://flags in your address bar. Search for AI mode and disable the three options displayed
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
dennispls.bsky.social
Man the internet is no longer as nice as it used to be. I mainly use Youtube for music during the day. My feed is flooded with AI animations and no doubt AI music. Searchengines are conpletely taken over by AI results. Nothing is genuine anymore. Sloptimes
June 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
infodocket.bsky.social
Research Tools: "Discover Millions of #Artworks From Thousands of #Museums with This Huge #Art #Search Engine" (via @thisiscolossal.com)

www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/the-...

#searchengines #TheLastMuseum
August 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
tannisrainey.bsky.social
When the machines are glitching when you search metahumancosmichorror. I don't think I have ever seen this before. That's not a bug, that's a feature. #metahumancosmichorror #glitch #cosmichorror #novel #horror #author #meta #literature #algorithms #searchengines #socialmedia #genre #books
April 23, 2026 at 3:24 PM