go to startpage.com (google.com, duckduckgo.com) then search for example:
hilarious cat video site:youtube.com
now your results are all youtube results and you can curate your search
"potato" "plant" "how to" site:youtube.com before:1-30-2023
rant
this is a quick post to address youtube sucking. basically, their search is limited and shows you only 10 or so vids per page leading to endless scrolling and seeing many promoted videos such as mrbeast despite not caring about that at all. despite the greatness of ublock origin, there is too much stuff on youtube to filter to get quicker loading. sometimes i use youtubes native interface but if you want to find stuff quicker and more accurately, this is a better way in my opinion
