Given the way things are going, FR may be forced into the Dark Web soon.
Most of the vanities I have posted on FR can still be found on Google, but I have to qualify in my search that the story appeared on Free Republic or the word "poconopundit" before they will show up.
However, on DuckDuckGo, I was able to find my story: President Trump & Mark Twain: Master Pilots on America's Great River at the bottom of the first page of search hits.
That's pretty good considering scores of people have probably published something comparing Mark Twain to Trump. It's a also an indicator of FR's influence in the marketplace of ideas.
Here's the DuckDuckGo search for the key words Mark Twain Trump. Now I think the answer is to have the ability on your own homepage where you can search for business information on Google or political searches on DuckDuckGo. Choice.
That's what I put together, and my homepage launches directly from my computer -- and you can do the same. It's private, meaning you don't have to go the Search Engine's website to go to your favorite sites.
Is anyone out there interested in this? If so, I'm planning to soon post details on how to accomplish that very simply.