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Searching for Search Tools

posted by martyb on Saturday March 02 2024, @12:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can't-get-there-from-here dept.

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 bzipitidoo on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:05AM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:05AM (#1347035) Journal

    I'd like a search engine that doesn't harvest clicks. Long ago noticed that the link Google displays is not exactly the link you go to if you click on it. You are sent there, but Google first serves up a little man-in-the-middle redirection. Obviously they are harvesting data. Maybe asking that they not do that is asking too much, because search engines have to make money somehow.

    I think there is a browser plugin to strip redirection from links. But, IIRC, the search engines changed their redirection mechanics to nullify that plugin.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2024, @04:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 02 2024, @04:42PM (#1347090)
    Well if they do things right they might use the clicks to help figure out which results are actually interesting to the user and improve their search.