That depends on what "honest" means to you. If you want the least commercially influenced results, DuckDuckGo doesn't personalize based on your search history and doesn't build a profile to sell to advertisers. Brave Search builds its own independent index rather than relying on Google's. If you want the most transparent about sourcing, Perplexity shows its citations inline so you can see exactly where each claim comes from. But honesty and usefulness aren't always the same thing. Google still has by far the largest index and the best understanding of local intent. If you search "plumber near me," Google's results will generally be more accurate than any alternative. The honest answer is that no search engine is perfectly neutral. They all make editorial decisions through their algorithms. Understanding that bias is more useful than searching for one that has none.
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