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Say goodbye to Google: 14 alternative search engines
Search Engine Watch ^ | Feb. 25, 2016 | Christopher Ratcliff

Posted on 08/07/2017 11:16:48 PM PDT by EliRoom8

Right now though maybe we should be paying more attention to the alternatives. Maybe our daily lives and, for some of us, careers shouldn’t need to balance on the fickle algorithm changes of the world’s most valuable company.

Let’s see what else is out there in the non-Google world. It’s not that scary, I promise. Although you may want to bring a coat.

Bing -- Microsoft’s search engine is the second most popular search engine in the world, with 15.8% of the search market.

DuckDuckGo --The key feature of DuckDuckGo is that it doesn’t retain its users’ data, so it won’t track you or manipulate results based on your behaviour.

Quora -- As (others) gets better and better at answering more complicated questions, it will never be able to match the personal touch available with Quora.

Dogpile -- may look like a search engine you cobbled together with clip-art, but that’s rather the point as it pulls in and ‘curates’ results from various different engines including Google, Yandex and Yahoo, but removes all the ads.

(Excerpt) Read more at searchenginewatch.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2016; google; oldnews; search; searchengines
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To: AndyTheBear
Search isnt the key to googles power as a money making powerhouse...its AdWords.

Without search, AdWords would be worthless.

When you use Google, or any other ad-supported site, you should know that you are the product, not the customer. The site is getting paid by its advertisers for exposing you to the advertisers' pitches. Of course, you won't pay attention unless the site is useful, fun, or interesting. Thus, making sure it's the above is the site's owner's mission. This phenomenon is basic to media and far predates the internet.

In Google's case, the attraction is fast, accurate search. Google built it, and they came. And the advertisers fork over big time for access to that audience.

21 posted on 08/08/2017 2:04:41 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

And why did they ignore Yahoo?


22 posted on 08/08/2017 2:28:02 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: Boomer

Yup.


23 posted on 08/08/2017 2:39:53 AM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: Fai Mao
Yahoo has been irrelevant for a long time.

Yahoo was probably the web's original search engine. Except it wasn't. It started out as an attempt to categorize the web, librarian card-catalog style, an approach doomed to failure.

Even before Google, it was obvious that search, the more AI the better, not classification, was the way to go. It was obvious that whoever did best at search would win.

Of course, Yahoo abandoned the librarian approach fairly early, but not before real search engines took the lead.

Google's timing was fortunate. It was able to snap up talent laid off by the likes of Yahoo in the 2000 bubble bursting.

24 posted on 08/08/2017 2:51:33 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Daaave

IMHO, Bing seems to have a more LEFTIST agenda than Google. Clearly both are partisan.


25 posted on 08/08/2017 2:59:47 AM PDT by poconopundit (CNN is... Corruption News Neglected)
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To: EliRoom8

I use StartPage. Very happy with it. Used to use Google. Haven’t used it for years.


26 posted on 08/08/2017 3:09:57 AM PDT by sneakers (It's DEMOCRAT - and not DemocratIC. There's nothing Democratic about the DEMOCRAT party)
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To: cynwoody; Fai Mao

I think Yahoo bought then retired Alta Vista, which was THE best search engine I ever used. Stupid move.


27 posted on 08/08/2017 3:11:44 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: cynwoody

Thanks for posting that. I use ixquick and find that it is adequate, but barely. When I really want to find something, I reluctantly use Google. I will try a couple of those other search engines next time I need to search.


28 posted on 08/08/2017 3:12:07 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: libh8er

I absolutely despise Bing. It never works for me, especially at work!


29 posted on 08/08/2017 3:24:21 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: DoodleBob

I loved Alta Vista, too. It was the best.


30 posted on 08/08/2017 3:24:23 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Negative people make healthy people sick." - Roger Ailes)
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To: libh8er
Bing is pretty good

I agree.

31 posted on 08/08/2017 3:30:40 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: EliRoom8

Bing is better than Google but I have been using DuckDuckGo for a while and it does just fine.


32 posted on 08/08/2017 3:51:17 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: EliRoom8

I’ve tried several others... none come close to being as user friendly and efficient as Google.
Yes its run by liberal fags... but hey newsflash... pretty sure the others are too...

Bing is worthless... the few times i’ve used it its like wtf? half of what normally I would see on google is missing..


33 posted on 08/08/2017 3:56:22 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: EliRoom8

I’ve been using WebCrawler for about a year now. Matter of fact, WebCrawler is the very first search engine I used back in 1997. I was surprised to see that it was still out there.


34 posted on 08/08/2017 4:09:24 AM PDT by euram
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To: libh8er

Love most of the daily photos of Bing..and for search privacy..duck duck go. Haven’t tried the others..


35 posted on 08/08/2017 4:10:36 AM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: EliRoom8

I’ve been using bing for a long time now, mostly because it’s two less letters to type than google.


36 posted on 08/08/2017 4:18:31 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: EliRoom8

https://privatelee.com/


37 posted on 08/08/2017 4:21:17 AM PDT by techrules2002
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To: Boomer

I’ve used www.startpage.com for years. Great results; total privacy ; and no ads. What more can you ask?


38 posted on 08/08/2017 4:21:18 AM PDT by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: EliRoom8

I can easily replace Google, though I cheat and use StartPage which is a Google prxy that that gets results from Google without providing my information.

YouTube (owned by Google) and Google Maps are MUCH harder to replace.


39 posted on 08/08/2017 4:30:50 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: libh8er

“Bing is pretty good.”

I like the short easy-to-type name. It comes up fast with a very nice full-screen picture that changes daily.

Do you suppose there’s company underneath all of the “visible” search engines that provides the database that is searched. It’s hard to believe that all of the visible search engines created and are maintaining their own database.


40 posted on 08/08/2017 4:32:05 AM PDT by cymbeline
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