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If you use a search engine other than Google

Started by JohKe , Sep 23 2024 06:48 PM

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#1 JohKe

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 06:48 PM

What is it, and why do you use it?

Is it significantly better than Google?

Thanks.

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 07:04 PM

Yes, I use Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History because it fetches its results from Google, but without their tracking.

Good luck!

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 07:05 PM

Thank you sir, I appreciate your positive energy.

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 07:09 PM

You are welcome, and Thank you for the kind words, JohKe!

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 07:13 PM

: D

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Posted 23 September 2024 - 07:24 PM

Google is a great search engine, to deny that would be unrealistic.

What most informed people object to is its tracking, and prejudiced search results. I use Brave, generally more private searches. Haven't found problems with results at all.

If there are no responses to my post for 3 days I remove it from my answer list. If you wish to continue the thread after 3 days please PM me.

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Posted 24 September 2024 - 01:15 AM

I briefly used DuckDuckGo, but that was when I was at college.

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Posted 26 September 2024 - 10:37 AM

I have exclusively used Google since 2004, and wont use any other due to the power Google allows one to look for information with Google Hacking.

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Posted 26 September 2024 - 11:23 AM

I use DuckDuckGo and have it as my Home Page on Chrome - Just to annoy Google

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Posted 26 September 2024 - 11:32 AM

I mostly scream "Hey Siri" if I need to search something.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." - Albert Einstein

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Posted 26 September 2024 - 01:30 PM

I have Startpage as my Home Page in all Mozilla Firefox and Chromium-based web browsers. However, DuckDuckGo - Privacy - Simplified is another privacy-focused web search engine.

Brave Search: Private Search Engine is another similar alternative web search engine. There are also various other privacy-focused web search engines than those mentioned here.

Good luck!

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Posted 17 October 2024 - 03:24 AM

I tired countless search engines like Bing, DuckDuckGo, Dogpile, Brave Search.... And I always come back to Google, so don't look for anything better or just scream like Meg (that works too).

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Posted 17 October 2024 - 04:15 AM

You can click here to use Bing and Dogpile.

Good luck!

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