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I regularly search for fairly obscure stuff in several languages, so when I decided to quit Google Search trying to use alternatives like DuckDuckGo [1], Ixquic
by networked 14y ago
I regularly search for fairly obscure stuff in several languages, so when I decided to quit Google Search trying to use alternatives like DuckDuckGo [1], Ixquick [2] or Bing [3] didn't quite work out for me. The best solution I found was to use StartPage [4], which works like a proxy for Google. Based on over a year of experience I can highly recommend it. I rarely have to resort to using Google Search directly and at times I prefer the non-personalized results that StartPage gives me. Still not sure if I like their domain-squattery name, though.
[1] https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/
[2] https://www.ixquick.com/ https://www.ixquick.com/
[3] http://www.bing.com/ http://www.bing.com/
[4] https://startpage.com/ https://startpage.com/
- greenyoda 14y agoStartpage and Ixquick are really the same thing: "Startpage was released in 2009 in the United States as a new name for the Ixquick search engine. Because the name Ixquick can be somewhat difficult to remember and spell, people asked us for an easier name, and we were happy to oblige. Startpage uses Ixquick's search methodologies and privacy features, and is governed by the same privacy policies." [1] [1] https://startpage.com/eng/company-background.html https://startpage.com/eng/company-background.html
- networked 14y agoNot quite. Their information pages might not make this immediately clear but currently Ixquick aggregates the results from several sources while StartPage uses Google exclusively (hence the "Enhanced by Google" logo). For a bit of fun try comparing the results they give you for the same query.