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I spent a good amount of time using Cliqz. For creating their own search index, it was pretty good. But it was nowhere near as good as Google or Bing, and to

I spent a good amount of time using Cliqz. For creating their own search index, it was pretty good. But it was nowhere near as good as Google or Bing, and to the average end-user that's all that matters. Most people don't really care about the engineering behind a tool, they just want the tool to work. The company name never bothered me, but from the comments it looks like I'm in the minority there. Is it any worse than DuckDuckGo? If you are looking for another search engine with their own search index, also check out Mojeek. https://www.mojeek.com/ https://www.mojeek.com/

onli 6y ago
The search really wasn't bad. I made some test searches and wrote a small article about it, comparing the results. Cliqz did really well in it. Not everything was perfect, but neither was Google. I was impressed enough to use them as my own search engine and that worked just fine. Sure, sometimes necessary to switch over, but that's the same with ddg. I would have loved to see how they'd perform in a few years. And while I don't like some political positions of the backing publisher they had: It is true that Europe and Germany needs enterprises like that, companies that can be alternatives to the US tech giants. Not sure they should be publicly funded, but should they get support? Of course. Thanks for the link to Mojeek, seems worth a look. Btw, https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/farewell-from-cliqz https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/farewell-from-cliqz is maybe a more fitting link target for the submission with the current title (dang?).