Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 12 submissions in the queue.

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?

 
This discussion was created by martyb (76) for logged-in users only, but now has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Searching for Search Tools | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 26 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Tork on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:49AM (1 child)

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 02 2024, @02:49AM (#1347038)
    Google is a strong reflex of mine, it'll be a long time before I'm done using it. However, Google has done something that is making that happen faster. I run mostly Apple stuff at home and one of the features they added is... well it's not a VPN per-se but you can enable a browser feature that routes my traffic through a 3rd party before it goes out to the net. It's kinda like a VPN but only the Safari browser is affected. And ya know what? Google fucking HATES that. I don't have any real stats on me but it feels like half my searches get a response from Google that says "you suspicious, prove you not bot."

    So here's a question: Is this Google detecting a bunch of traffic from a single source and its automatic defense systems have been activated, or is this Google baring its teeth at Apple and betting that I'll turn that feature off before I move off of them? I wonder if Google knows that showing me they don't like it is encouraging me to keep using it? Heh.
    --
    🏳️‍🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️‍🌈
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Interesting=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   3  

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2024, @06:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2024, @06:23PM (#1347230)

    It is almost certainly because a lot of different machines go out via the same IP address. The company I work for gets the same prove-that-you're-not-an-AI-response, as everyone in the company (which are a lot of people spread around the country) go out via the same IP address, even when working from home. The first thing that starts on the machine is the VPN connection.