Le souci que rencontre #Bing actuellement est révélateur de la dépendance des moteurs alternatifs. #Qwant a beau prétendre qu'une grosse partie de ses résultats viennent de son propre crawler, Bing crashe et Qwant devient complètement inopérant.
#Bing (search) being down, and causing #DuckDuckGo to throw "There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again." is demonstrating that even if DDG say they also use other sources they're 100% dependent on Bing to actually have their search work.
So, are those 'other sources' only used to augment results ?
Tyle z europejskości Qwanta, że usługa stała się nieużywalna, gdy tylko Bing przestał działać. DDG i Ecosia przynajmniej nie udają, że są tak niezależne.
W najlepszym razie funkcja składająca wyniki nie została napisana z założeniem, że Bing miałby być kiedykolwiek niedostępny, ale pozostaje pytanie, co naprawdę mają w swoim indeksie?
Pour les personnes qui sont perdues parce que #DuckDuckGo / #Bing / #Ecosia / #Qwant ne fonctionnent plus aujourd'hui, sachez qu'Alsace Réseau Neutre propose un meta-moteur de recherche qui se base aussi sur l'index Google. Il est donc toujours fonctionnel.
Cerise sur le gâteau, il vous remplace les liens youtube par des liens invidious :)
I woke up this morning and tried to #duckduckgo, turns out it was down. Then I tried to use #bing, turns it was also down. Turns out DuckDuckGo is using Bing under the hood. You live a you learn I guess.
Gah, had no idea that #DuckDuckGo was using #Bing as a backend. My strict "no-Microsoft" policy means that I've now got to find another search engine...
I've tried in multiple browsers, both with and without plugins enabled, yet DuckDuckGo is still failing to provide search results (here, at least) just responding;
There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again.
It's been this way for several hours. Anyone else seeing the same? I'm in the UK.
🧵 …ach guck, nun ist es in der Presse, was ich vorhin oben erwähnte mit den Hinweis zu nutzbaren Alternativen (nicht Google!):
»Bing, DuckDuckGo und weitere Suchmaschine nicht erreichbar:
Einige Suchmaschinen, die nicht Google sind, funktionieren derzeit nicht. Betroffen sind Bing, DuckDuckGo und Ecosia.«
🧵 …die alternative Suchmaschinen, zu den oben erwähnten jetzige Panne bei Bing und deren abhängigen Internet Suchmaschinen, hatte ich schon länger mal getootet. Die zwei, die für mich (momentan) Alternativen sind, habe ich hier mal hingewiesen und verlinkt 🔎
Bing’s API is down, taking Microsoft Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT’s web search feature down too
"In this particular case, it’s interesting to see the increasingly important role of Bing’s API. While Google still dominates when it comes to web search, many services are now reliant on Bing’s API."
Relying on one company doesn't seem like a smart idea.
To set a search engine as your default, visit the site and right click the URL bar, and select add. Then change your default in settings.
(Firefox will add it as an option in the default engines in settings. Chrome will open settings with it as an "inactive shortcut" which you can "make default" in the entry's menu.)