What would be a good alternative to google search? Something that has similar results but does not track you.
Thanks
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What would be a good alternative to google search? Something that has similar results but does not track you.
Thanks
Maybe DuckDuckGo ? https://duckduckgo.com
https://startpage.com/ is literally google search without the tracking
DuckDuckGo - doesn't track you and doesn't record IP addresses. Results are good, you can search for text, images and videos, and the interface is highly customizable. The one I currently use and recommend.
ixquick/Startpage - same, except ixquick searches several of the biggest search engines at the same time.
Qrobe.it - doesn't track you, but does keep IP logs. It also displays results via AJAX, giving up quickly if your connection doesn't have low latency and high speed, and sometimes broke and returned Google redirect URLs for all results. So I stopped using it.
That's what they claim, but in reality, their result lists tend to be much shorter than Google's for the same queries. None of the "alternative" search engines can beat it in this regard, but they're good enough for 99% of searches.Quote:
Originally Posted by zora
I'd never heard of that one and it looks great :smilie4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Instab
Back in the day, an engine called scroogle existed which worked as middle man between you and google. I'm thinking this is similar to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Instab
I'm using it at the moment, made the switch yesterday.Quote:
DuckDuckGo - doesn't track you and doesn't record IP addresses. Results are good, you can search for text, images and videos, and the interface is highly customizable.
Thanks guys.
It was awesome (even providing SSL when Google didn't yet have it) and my main search engine for a long time, but they had several outages, and early 2012 would be the final one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Razor
If somebody likes to support the planet, nature and the rain forest you should go with ecosia.
They are using the ad revenue from the searches to plant trees where they are most needed.
https://www.ecosia.org
I'm using DuckDuckGo to this day, but since its servers are hosted on the US, I'm open to similarly reliable alternatives.
https://www.lukol.com/ is also worth mentioning, but DuckDuckGo is just FARsuperior to all these alternatives
What does that mean?Quote:
I'm using DuckDuckGo to this day, but since its servers are hosted on the US, I'm open to similarly reliable alternatives.
They claim to be an anonymous search engine, but they use Google CSE and set tracking cookies, there's nothing anonymous about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by pleasenocheating
Patriot Search is obviously the best =]
Well, some time ago, the computer supplement of a local newspaper ran an article about a US-based intelligence program that could capture, store and filter communications all across the globe...Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Razor
Spoiler :
Anyway, as a non-United States person, any traffic between me and that country is subject to data collection by the NSA and other intelligence agencies. So all else being equal, a search engine that is not hosted in (or routed through) the United States would be more private.
StartPage has servers in America and Europe and lets you prefer or force the usage of one region over the other.
haha didn't know that one. very nice :PQuote:
Originally Posted by anon
I know, at least they don't pretend :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Instab