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David Gerard
David Gerard
@davidgerard@circumstances.run  ·  activity timestamp last week

Neocities Is Blocked by Bing

> Because of this, we are recommending that Neocities users, and the broader internet in general, not use Bing or search engines that source their results from Bing until this issue is resolved.

incl e.g. DuckDuckGo UPDATE: DDG has fixed it

https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01/27/bing-block

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James Cridland
James Cridland
@james@bne.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidgerard Kagi (which only does AI if you want it to) has Neocities at #1.

Kagi screenshot showing Neocities at #1 for a search for Neocities.
Kagi screenshot showing Neocities at #1 for a search for Neocities.
Kagi screenshot showing Neocities at #1 for a search for Neocities.
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🍂mastodonphan🍁
🍂mastodonphan🍁
@mast0d0nphan@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidgerard I tested searching via the No AI version of DuckDuckGo, and it still brings up Neocities:

Search results of searching Neocities on No AI version of DuckDuckGo showing Neocities hasn't been blocked (yet).
Search results of searching Neocities on No AI version of DuckDuckGo showing Neocities hasn't been blocked (yet).
Search results of searching Neocities on No AI version of DuckDuckGo showing Neocities hasn't been blocked (yet).
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Leigh Silvester
Leigh Silvester
@leighms@mastodonapp.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidgerard
I tend to use #ecosia which I believe uses #bing for its results.

Unfortunately this filters out direct links to the neocities site, although it does include the Wikipedia page. A bit disappointed as they generally seem to be dedicated to a good cause - planting trees

https://www.ecosia.org

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David Gerard
David Gerard
@davidgerard@circumstances.run replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@leighms greenwashing, sadly. Ecosia is super into the slop bot and bad excuses for the slop bot.

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Mose
Mose
@mose@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidgerard what a mess. I was able to replicate at Bing and DDG so I left feedback.

@kagihq doesn't seem to have this problem. Kagi has a Neocities "instant answer" box first, but Neocities itself is the first link.

Screenshot of Kagi mobile results showing neocities as first link,  just below a (collapsed) info box.
Screenshot of Kagi mobile results showing neocities as first link, just below a (collapsed) info box.
Screenshot of Kagi mobile results showing neocities as first link, just below a (collapsed) info box.
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Sibshops
Sibshops
@Sibshops@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@davidgerard Aw.. I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

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