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Many don't like Google's new design. Rather than resort to hacks, try an alternative search engine. There are many and you might even find one you like. https:

Many don't like Google's new design. Rather than resort to hacks, try an alternative search engine. There are many and you might even find one you like. https://www.qwant.com/ https://www.qwant.com/ https://www.ecosia.org/ https://www.ecosia.org/ https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ https://www.startpage.com/ https://www.startpage.com/ https://swisscows.ch/ https://swisscows.ch/ ...

searcher1 7y ago
Qwant, Ecosia, and (to an extent) DDG share the same Bing backend for web results, so if you're particularly interested in trying out alternatives, here are some others. All of these have their own search indexes. https://yippy.com https://yippy.com - ugly, but probably the best independent search engine outside the "big ones" and DDG https://private.sh/ https://private.sh/ - Run by PIA as a proxy for Gigablast, small index but rapidly getting better https://mojeek.com https://mojeek.com - UK-based, worth trying but has a spam problem https://beta.cliqz.com https://beta.cliqz.com - German based, their technical blog has been posted frequently on HN. Will eventually require a browser extension or their own browser to search. https://yandex.com https://yandex.com - Ought to be mentioned, but certainly not privacy focused.
- __ka 7y ago
  https://beta.cliqz.com/ https://beta.cliqz.com/ is currently available as any other webpage, and will continue to be available in the same way in the future. I think what's being referred to is another search product (search as you type) we have in the Cliqz Browser. I work on these. The blog referred to: https://0x65.dev/ https://0x65.dev/
rhlsthrm 7y ago
I'd love to see a write up about the differences between all these. "Find one you like" makes it seem like a good search engine is more subjective than it is. It would be cool if these companies collaborate and shared their indexing strategies, algorithms, etc to make the whole alternate search engine space better in general.

searcher1 7y ago

Qwant, Ecosia, and (to an extent) DDG share the same Bing backend for web results, so if you're particularly interested in trying out alternatives, here are some others. All of these have their own search indexes. https://yippy.com https://yippy.com - ugly, but probably the best independent search engine outside the "big ones" and DDG https://private.sh/ https://private.sh/ - Run by PIA as a proxy for Gigablast, small index but rapidly getting better https://mojeek.com https://mojeek.com - UK-based, worth trying but has a spam problem https://beta.cliqz.com https://beta.cliqz.com - German based, their technical blog has been posted frequently on HN. Will eventually require a browser extension or their own browser to search. https://yandex.com https://yandex.com - Ought to be mentioned, but certainly not privacy focused.

__ka 7y ago
https://beta.cliqz.com/ https://beta.cliqz.com/ is currently available as any other webpage, and will continue to be available in the same way in the future. I think what's being referred to is another search product (search as you type) we have in the Cliqz Browser. I work on these. The blog referred to: https://0x65.dev/ https://0x65.dev/

rhlsthrm 7y ago

I'd love to see a write up about the differences between all these. "Find one you like" makes it seem like a good search engine is more subjective than it is. It would be cool if these companies collaborate and shared their indexing strategies, algorithms, etc to make the whole alternate search engine space better in general.