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Mojeek is primarily a keyword-based search engine. Pages returned in the results are ranked objectively based on the keywords you enter and your location.
Starting last year, Mojeek changed the algorithm and allowed the semantic meaning of words to affect the ranking of search results. This change is based on AI. And, only English language results are affected.
If you don’t like this, it looks like the ssoe URL parameter is still functioning. So, you can manually turn off semantic ranking by adding &ssoe=0 to your search results URL.
For example, if you search for the keyword “aubergine” then you can add the URL parameter like so:
# Before
https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=aubergine
# After
https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=aubergine&ssoe=0
Navigating to the second example URL will show you search results that are not affected by semantic ranking.
You can also make this change permanent by manually setting a web browser cookie for Mojeek.
Finally, Mojeek added optional Summaries. These are large language model responses to your keywords which appear alongside your search results and don’t impact the ranking. Summaries can be toggled on the Mojeek Settings page.
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