Search engine alternatives
♦️ DuckDuckGo
-> https://duckduckgo.com
-> http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion
- US based (EU servers for EU, though).
- Mostly Bing, Yahoo and own crawler results
- Issues: Proprietary, some components are free
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#duckduckgo
- Criticism here
-- https://gitlab.com/prism-break/prism-break/issues/2143
-- https://redd.it/aqz3q8
♦️ SearX
-> https://searx.xyz
-> https://searx.xyz/tor.html
-> searx.space for other instances
- Instance of the open source metasearch engine
- You can choose which search engine to use for the results.
- Issues: No privacy policy, some public instances use Cloudflare, ads or may log IP addresses/searches.
♦️ Qwant
-> https://www.qwant.com
- French based
- Own crawlers and Bing results.
- Issues: "French law makes it mandatory to keep some connection data for one year"
- Privacy Policy: https://about.qwant.com/legal/privacy
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#qwant
- Criticism:
-- https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bstxms/qwants_future_regarding_ethics
-- https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/35097/ethics-a-heavy-suspicion-towards-the-qwant-search-engine
♦️ MetaGer
-> https://metager.org
- Open-source metasearch engine
- Based in Germany
- Stores some information temporarily: https://metager.org/datenschutz
♦️ YaCy
-> https://yacy.net
- Distributed self hosted search engine, built on P2P networks
♦️ Mojeek
-> https://www.mojeek.com
- Uses its own crawlers
♦️ Whoogle
https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
Others:
♦️ List of search engines:
-> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
♦️ Startpage
-> startpage.com
- Startpage CEO interview
- uses Goolag search
♦️ Ecosia
-> https://www.ecosia.org
- A bing frontend
- Criticism:
-- https://info.ecosia.org/privacy#privacy-faq-item-6
♦️Gigablast
-> https://gigablast.com
- Fails SSL at Mozilla observatory
-- https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze/www.gigablast.com
♦️ Yippy
-> yippy.com
- Uses Goolag ads
♦️ SwissCows
-> swisscows.ch
♦️ Disconnect
-> search.disconnect.me
- Connects to Amazon
♦️ Wolfram Alpha
-> www.wolframalpha.com
- Doesn't even work without JavaScript
♦️ Oscobk
-> oscobo.co.ukk
♦️ Lukol
-> www.lukol.com
- Shares data with Goolag
- Privacy policy: https://lukol.com/privacy.php
📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#searchengines #search #alternatives
♦️ DuckDuckGo
-> https://duckduckgo.com
-> http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion
- US based (EU servers for EU, though).
- Mostly Bing, Yahoo and own crawler results
- Issues: Proprietary, some components are free
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#duckduckgo
- Criticism here
-- https://gitlab.com/prism-break/prism-break/issues/2143
-- https://redd.it/aqz3q8
♦️ SearX
-> https://searx.xyz
-> https://searx.xyz/tor.html
-> searx.space for other instances
- Instance of the open source metasearch engine
- You can choose which search engine to use for the results.
- Issues: No privacy policy, some public instances use Cloudflare, ads or may log IP addresses/searches.
♦️ Qwant
-> https://www.qwant.com
- French based
- Own crawlers and Bing results.
- Issues: "French law makes it mandatory to keep some connection data for one year"
- Privacy Policy: https://about.qwant.com/legal/privacy
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#qwant
- Criticism:
-- https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bstxms/qwants_future_regarding_ethics
-- https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/35097/ethics-a-heavy-suspicion-towards-the-qwant-search-engine
♦️ MetaGer
-> https://metager.org
- Open-source metasearch engine
- Based in Germany
- Stores some information temporarily: https://metager.org/datenschutz
♦️ YaCy
-> https://yacy.net
- Distributed self hosted search engine, built on P2P networks
♦️ Mojeek
-> https://www.mojeek.com
- Uses its own crawlers
♦️ Whoogle
https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
Others:
♦️ List of search engines:
-> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
♦️ Startpage
-> startpage.com
- Startpage CEO interview
- uses Goolag search
♦️ Ecosia
-> https://www.ecosia.org
- A bing frontend
- Criticism:
-- https://info.ecosia.org/privacy#privacy-faq-item-6
♦️Gigablast
-> https://gigablast.com
- Fails SSL at Mozilla observatory
-- https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze/www.gigablast.com
♦️ Yippy
-> yippy.com
- Uses Goolag ads
♦️ SwissCows
-> swisscows.ch
♦️ Disconnect
-> search.disconnect.me
- Connects to Amazon
♦️ Wolfram Alpha
-> www.wolframalpha.com
- Doesn't even work without JavaScript
♦️ Oscobk
-> oscobo.co.ukk
♦️ Lukol
-> www.lukol.com
- Shares data with Goolag
- Privacy policy: https://lukol.com/privacy.php
📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#searchengines #search #alternatives
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