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minus-square@person1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish12•19 hours agoI’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.
minus-square@PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 hours agoGoogle maps is still the best for looking up local businesses and reviews. I wish people would go back to using a modern version of yellow pages.
minus-squareMadbrad200linkfedilinkEnglish1•17 hours agoIn Ecosia’s settings you can set it to primarily use Google results instead of Bing. Makes it a lot more enjoyable to use.
I’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.
Google maps is still the best for looking up local businesses and reviews. I wish people would go back to using a modern version of yellow pages.
In Ecosia’s settings you can set it to primarily use Google results instead of Bing. Makes it a lot more enjoyable to use.