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I got so disappointed with ddg when I discovered it's just a wrapper around Bing. With privacy-related AdBlock filters I get the best of both worlds, Google and

by guelo 10y ago

I got so disappointed with ddg when I discovered it's just a wrapper around Bing. With privacy-related AdBlock filters I get the best of both worlds, Google and no tracking. The world needs a non-US based alternate crawler but no one is offering it.

SamReidHughes 10y ago
What Adblock filter prevents Google from knowing what searches you make?
- morganvachon 10y ago
  None that I've found, but ixquick.com can perform an anonymous Google search for you. Now, whether you trust them with your search history (they claim they don't record anything[1]) is entirely up to you. [1] https://www.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html?hmb=1 https://www.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html?hmb=1
- guelo 10y ago
  If you're not loggedin and and blocking their tracking all they'll have is your IP address, which is the same thing ddg gets.
  - SamReidHughes 10y ago
    DuckDuckGo doesn't save your IP address, that's part of what they mean when they say they don't track you.
tomcam 10y ago
How would it be paid for?
WildUtah 10y ago
"The world needs a non-US based alternate crawler but no one is offering it." How about a US-based alternative that doesn't enforce UK, Pakistani, EU, and various other censorship lists that foreign countries promulgate?
- gkya 10y ago
  Well once you get into their markets they'll affect your services. I guess google could've limited censorship to relevant countries, but maybe they opted for a more easier way.
9mit3t2m9h9a 10y ago
There are non-US crawlers. Of course they have their own governments to direct censorship. But they censor differently, so you get a better chance. Surprisingly, Baidu does index the relevant stuff in this case. For Yandex it is not even surprising (they have aimed to have some English-language presence since long ago).
mercurial 10y ago
Apart from Yandex and Baidu, there is also the young French search engine Qwant [1]. 1: https://www.qwant.com/ https://www.qwant.com/
tiatia 10y ago
Try ixquick.com or startpage.com

by guelo 10y ago

SamReidHughes 10y ago

What Adblock filter prevents Google from knowing what searches you make?

morganvachon 10y ago
None that I've found, but ixquick.com can perform an anonymous Google search for you. Now, whether you trust them with your search history (they claim they don't record anything[1]) is entirely up to you. [1] https://www.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html?hmb=1 https://www.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html?hmb=1
guelo 10y ago
If you're not loggedin and and blocking their tracking all they'll have is your IP address, which is the same thing ddg gets.
- SamReidHughes 10y ago
  DuckDuckGo doesn't save your IP address, that's part of what they mean when they say they don't track you.

tomcam 10y ago

How would it be paid for?

WildUtah 10y ago

"The world needs a non-US based alternate crawler but no one is offering it." How about a US-based alternative that doesn't enforce UK, Pakistani, EU, and various other censorship lists that foreign countries promulgate?

gkya 10y ago
Well once you get into their markets they'll affect your services. I guess google could've limited censorship to relevant countries, but maybe they opted for a more easier way.

9mit3t2m9h9a 10y ago

There are non-US crawlers. Of course they have their own governments to direct censorship. But they censor differently, so you get a better chance. Surprisingly, Baidu does index the relevant stuff in this case. For Yandex it is not even surprising (they have aimed to have some English-language presence since long ago).

mercurial 10y ago

Apart from Yandex and Baidu, there is also the young French search engine Qwant [1]. 1: https://www.qwant.com/ https://www.qwant.com/

tiatia 10y ago

Try ixquick.com or startpage.com