{VANITY} I am sick of google! Looking for a relevant search engine, opinions wanted!

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[narses]

The time was that yahoo answered most basic searches sort of well. And then along came google, and for a while they looked like the gold standard. But lately the SEO games and massive quantity of stuff online has made simple queries painful. Anyone have a better set of search engines for the DIY or how to crowd?

[Larry Lucido]

Just google up “search engines.”

[GregoTX]

The search engine called "Good Search" allows you to select a cause you believe in, and they send money to that cause based on your searches and purchases.

That may be something you like.

Example:

(http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/nra-foundation-friends-of-nra-national-rifle-association-foundation.aspx)

We give money to NRA Foundation - Friends of NRA - National Rifle Association Foundation (Fairfax VA) every time you search the web and shop online.

[ElayneJ]

book mark

[PastorBooks]

Here are some alternatives for SSL-encrypted search:

SSL-encrypted:
https://startpage.com
https://ixquick.com
https://duckduckgo.com
https://ssl.scroogle.org/

I’m not sure if these have SSL versions:
http://webcrawler.com
http://dogpile.com

[sportutegrl]

I’m still using altavista and lycos. What is this google you speak of?

[yldstrk]

dogpile is my fave

[CitizenM]

Great info here. Thanks everyone.

[FourtySeven]

List of search engines note.

Thanks.

[lbryce]

Google offers alternative search options that it prefers not to promote all that much that I’ve found very effective in uncovering search results that you won’t find in the standard google search submission.

After submitting your search query click down on the left side of the google drop down menu as it appears in the left image click on ‘More Search tools’ that will produce the optional search options as provided for on the right image. Choosing the option termed ”Verbatim” offers an alternative search approach you might find more effective, less frustrating.

I’m not saying this is going to resolve any issues you might have with google but it does offer alternative options that may work better than any of the other suggestions offered.

[arthurus]

I only use Yippy.com....supposedly don’t track you.

I use ixquick.com another that says it doesn't track.

[sushiman]

Your Youtube account must be linked to Google account in order to download or post comments . I refuse to do that .

[familyop]

https://ssl.scroogle.org/

https://www.ixquick.com/

[Auntie Mame]

I just purchased this:

http://www.staples.com/Audio-Recorder-30-Plus-Boxed-CD/product_410187

Haven’t used it yet so can’t tell you how it works. But the price was right.

[Rashputin]

IMHO, Bing & Dogpile, or , Dogpile & Bing.

Dogpile started out as an aggregation of the results from other search engines and may still work that way. It often provides results early in the listing of results that don't show up until far down the list in either Google or Bing because it seems to be very good at removing redundent results.

Bing is FAR superior to Google and seems to have some degree of protection against manipulation although from time to time you will run into something that has obviously been manipulated to force an agenda driven page to appear early in the search listings. Even then, Bing seems pretty good about finding and getting rid of those sorts of things. I have heard that some people have a problem with Bing when they try to go twenty-five and thirty pages of results deep looking for something. I don't recall whether the the later pages won't load or if it's more along the lines of later pages taking a long time to load. Other than that, though, everyone I know who switched to Bing is happy they did.

Google is a propaganda machine disguised as a search engine, at least that's my assessment of them. They make money by shoving ads in your face as if the ads were what everyone has been searching for and obscure the truth by making sure things that agree with their agenda show up early in the results of searches.

Regards

[FishinTX]

Bing!!!

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[volunbeer]

www.startpage.com

[chooseascreennamepat]

What am I missing? I have used Google for years and haven't had one lick of trouble. Although, my searches are simple.

[rivercat]

Yeah, me too. I switched to Bing about a year ago, and I’ve never looked back.

[pabianice]

Copernic. Good and 100% agenda-free.