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How do you find information online?
There are Lists of search engines.
But, which one(s) do you use and why?
Do you use just one search engine? Do you have one primary search engine and another one that you use only when your primary fails? May you use multiple engines depending on whether your search is on your desktop, mobile, or TV?
How do YOU choose?
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by mrpg on Saturday March 02 2024, @12:36AM (6 children)
Just one.
Startpage.com is a search engine that emphasizes user privacy. It claims to deliver Google Search results without collecting any personal information or search history from users, and it anonymizes search queries before sending them to Google.
Here are some key points about Startpage:
* **Focuses on privacy:** Startpage does not track users, store search history, or sell user data.
* **Uses Google Search results:** Startpage pays Google to access their search results, but they claim to anonymize all user data before sending it to Google.
* **Offers additional privacy features:** Startpage has an "Anonymous View" feature that allows users to open search results in a privacy-focused proxy.
* **Available in multiple languages:** Startpage supports searches in over 80 languages.
If you are concerned about online privacy and want to use a search engine that does not track your activity, Startpage could be a good option for you. However, it is important to remember that no website is completely anonymous, and there are always risks associated with using the internet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2024, @01:00AM (3 children)
I tried startpage when I first heard about it, must have been 5+ years ago(?)
It never seemed to find the things that I could find with Google, so I gave up...but I never really investigated, that was just the impression that I got after a week or two. Maybe there is more to it that I didn't discover?
(Score: 4, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:29AM (2 children)
Google user tracking and profiling also shapes search results. In other words: if you and I put in the same search terms, we may get different results, and different still from anonymous searches.
Or at least they used to a few years back when I checked it. Algorithms change all the time.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by mcgrew on Saturday March 02 2024, @06:41PM (1 child)
Algorithms change all the time.
Indeed. Two decades ago, add -Trump to a Google search and none of the results would contain the word Trump. Now, every single result is primarily about Trump.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2024, @10:46PM
:-) You said his name three times.. did he appear?
Maybe you should add -politics to your Google search, if you really want to avoid him.
(Score: 3, Informative) by KritonK on Saturday March 02 2024, @09:48AM
And one more point: it filters Google's results, making a decent job of producing relevant results, instead of producing tons of useless results that may or may not contain some of the terms for which you searched. This is the main reason I switched to startpage.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Common Joe on Sunday March 03 2024, @11:00AM
I don't trust StartPage. They are owned and funded by a publicly traded ad company. I've seen too many times how that goes.
Here's a link to Reddit [reddit.com] from four years ago and a current link to StartPage's FAQ [startpage.com] with the relevant information.