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A wrapper around Google search. Supposed to be: great results, no tracking, respect for privacy.

by rahuldottech 7y ago

ghostly_s 7y ago
Never heard of it. What's the advantage over DuckDuckGo?
- xref 7y ago
  Not a pro or con: DDG uses Bing results, startpage uses Google results
  - Nicksil 7y ago
    EDIT: The comment I replied to here has since been changed. xref originally wrote: "DDG uses Bing results, startpage uses Google results" --- You haven't described an advantage with this reply. Or, at least, reasoning why you believe it's an advantage.
    - unionpivo 7y ago
      Most people believe (at least as far as I know them), that google results are better than bing. Plus star page has super useful anonimized view. It's essentially anon proxy built into search page. It's useful if you have to go look trough doggy websites.
      - Nicksil 7y ago
        >Most people believe (at least as far as I know them), that google results are better than bing. This doesn't help. A lot of people believe things which don't always hold up to scrutiny.
        joshuamorton 7y ago
        For many people, Google results are an advantage. Much as for many people targeted results are an advantage. Your definition of advantage seems unreasonably strict.
        Nicksil 7y ago
        This is a bizarre comment. I've not made any assertions or definitions. My initial comment was in reply to an unsupported assertion. Perhaps your comment was in response to someone else.
        joshuamorton 7y ago
        Not at all, and it was aimed at you. When you asked for support for the assertion, it was given, but you continued to disagree. However, for people who prefer Google, using Google results is an advantage. You seem to be working under some stronger definition of advantage (for example: "an advantage is only an advantage of everyone agrees it is am advantage"), and such advantages are rare enough to be an unreasonable requirement.
        Nicksil 7y ago
        >Not at all, and it was aimed at you. >When you asked for support for the assertion, it was given, but you continued to disagree. The "support" that the other poster submitted was: "Most people believe (at least as far as I know them) ..." I don't suspect many folks would accept that as anything more than anecdotal. >However, for people who prefer Google, using Google results is an advantage. You seem to be working under some stronger definition of advantage (for example: "an advantage is only an advantage of everyone agrees it is am advantage"), and such advantages are rare enough to be an unreasonable requirement. Look, I get it, you like Google. You work for Google. That's all well and good. You're argument(s) toward me come off as a bit defensive, however. There was a baseless assertion given in response to someone asking for information and I called that into question. My arguments here aren't for or against Google, but in support of substantive dissemination of information which the original comment I replied to was not.
- OJFord 7y ago
  Some people think Google gives them better results for their searches than DDG, Startpage & Searx allow them to use Google search but with the privacy and anti-advertisement advantages of DDG.
- Startpage_rep 7y ago
  Key differentiators are: - Startpage was founded in 2006, in the Netherlands by Robert E.G. Beens and David Bodnick the founder of metasearch engine Ixquick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com) VS. DuckDuckGo (DDG) was founded in 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania by Gabriel Weinberg who previously founded Names Database (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database). - HQ'd in the Netherlands ensuring worldwide users are protected by stringent EU and Dutch privacy legislation VS. DDG based in the United States - Startpage provides Google results VS. DDG provides primarily Yahoo and BING results - Startpage offers Anonymous View, a proprietary feature that lets users browse their search results privately via a protective proxy VS. DDG does not have this feature, but has done well to design an intuitive and attractive experience.

A wrapper around Google search. Supposed to be: great results, no tracking, respect for privacy.

ghostly_s 7y ago

Never heard of it. What's the advantage over DuckDuckGo?

xref 7y ago
Not a pro or con: DDG uses Bing results, startpage uses Google results
- Nicksil 7y ago
  EDIT: The comment I replied to here has since been changed. xref originally wrote: "DDG uses Bing results, startpage uses Google results" --- You haven't described an advantage with this reply. Or, at least, reasoning why you believe it's an advantage.
  - unionpivo 7y ago
    Most people believe (at least as far as I know them), that google results are better than bing. Plus star page has super useful anonimized view. It's essentially anon proxy built into search page. It's useful if you have to go look trough doggy websites.
    - Nicksil 7y ago
      >Most people believe (at least as far as I know them), that google results are better than bing. This doesn't help. A lot of people believe things which don't always hold up to scrutiny.
      - joshuamorton 7y ago
        For many people, Google results are an advantage. Much as for many people targeted results are an advantage. Your definition of advantage seems unreasonably strict.
        Nicksil 7y ago
        This is a bizarre comment. I've not made any assertions or definitions. My initial comment was in reply to an unsupported assertion. Perhaps your comment was in response to someone else.
        joshuamorton 7y ago
        Not at all, and it was aimed at you. When you asked for support for the assertion, it was given, but you continued to disagree. However, for people who prefer Google, using Google results is an advantage. You seem to be working under some stronger definition of advantage (for example: "an advantage is only an advantage of everyone agrees it is am advantage"), and such advantages are rare enough to be an unreasonable requirement.
        Nicksil 7y ago
        >Not at all, and it was aimed at you. >When you asked for support for the assertion, it was given, but you continued to disagree. The "support" that the other poster submitted was: "Most people believe (at least as far as I know them) ..." I don't suspect many folks would accept that as anything more than anecdotal. >However, for people who prefer Google, using Google results is an advantage. You seem to be working under some stronger definition of advantage (for example: "an advantage is only an advantage of everyone agrees it is am advantage"), and such advantages are rare enough to be an unreasonable requirement. Look, I get it, you like Google. You work for Google. That's all well and good. You're argument(s) toward me come off as a bit defensive, however. There was a baseless assertion given in response to someone asking for information and I called that into question. My arguments here aren't for or against Google, but in support of substantive dissemination of information which the original comment I replied to was not.
OJFord 7y ago
Some people think Google gives them better results for their searches than DDG, Startpage & Searx allow them to use Google search but with the privacy and anti-advertisement advantages of DDG.
Startpage_rep 7y ago
Key differentiators are: - Startpage was founded in 2006, in the Netherlands by Robert E.G. Beens and David Bodnick the founder of metasearch engine Ixquick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com) VS. DuckDuckGo (DDG) was founded in 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania by Gabriel Weinberg who previously founded Names Database (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database). - HQ'd in the Netherlands ensuring worldwide users are protected by stringent EU and Dutch privacy legislation VS. DDG based in the United States - Startpage provides Google results VS. DDG provides primarily Yahoo and BING results - Startpage offers Anonymous View, a proprietary feature that lets users browse their search results privately via a protective proxy VS. DDG does not have this feature, but has done well to design an intuitive and attractive experience.