POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine

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What search engine do you use most?

Qwant
3
7%
Google
11
26%
DuckDuckGo
14
33%
Ecosia
0
No votes
Startpage
11
26%
Other()
4
9%
 
Total votes: 43

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Redacted
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#21 Post by Redacted »

Old Giza wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:41 pm DDG. Anyone remember the first real search engine, AltaVista?
Oh yeah! I loved the name. It seemed cool to me.

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#22 Post by KBD »

Old Giza wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:41 pm DDG. Anyone remember the first real search engine, AltaVista? Was great back in the mid 90's until they took it in another direction after DEC's demise.
I do remember using that one quite a bit. There were 4-5 that were all very similar back then. One started with an "E" but I can't remember what it was called, though I used it for a home page for awhile. Google came along and blew them out of the water.

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#23 Post by Redacted »

KBD wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:45 pm One started with an "E" but I can't remember what it was called
Excite?

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#24 Post by Gordon Cooper »

@ KBD Understood thanks. I use DDG only, but recognise that it's searches are sometimes limited
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#25 Post by KBD »

Redacted wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:49 pm
KBD wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:45 pm One started with an "E" but I can't remember what it was called
Excite?
That's it! With names like "Excite" and "Alta Vista" you have to think how lame it is that "Google" is the definitive name for search today.

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#26 Post by KBD »

Gordon Cooper wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:52 pm @ KBD Understood thanks. I use DDG only, but recognise that it's searches are sometimes limited
I hope it continues to improve because even though I like Startpage--it still depends upon Google results. Duck Duck Go is better in every way but results for me :(

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#27 Post by tascoast »

I miss the good olden days of finding websites full of caps and coloured fonts, on topics like identifying reptilian overlords masquerading as movie stars and politicians, or perpetual motion and home hardware made easy.

I suspect the internet and search engine results particularly, have become so sanitised and commercialised that the fun police and money-grabbers have essentially won.

Some of my 'Search Engine' bookmarks from way back (not forgetting the Wayback Machine): Lycos, Dogpile, Web Wombat, HotBot, WebCrawler, My Excite ;)
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#28 Post by Bamber »

DuckDuckGo configurability makes a difference to me, the options in settings/appearance are important for someone who uses the site extensively. Also the ability to search by country is a plus.
The quality of the search results (which is what matters most after all) is very good, including image search.

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#29 Post by callmeal »

I was only using startpage until the day I read an article about LILO (a search engine close to Ecosia)
https://www.lilo.org/en/
Lilo allows you to support various projects through the various searches you carry out. It is also very privacy conscious and efficient.

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#30 Post by Pierre »

the Standard Answer is to "Google it " but, most Users would be Forced to use Bing .. ..
- and they don't even know the difference :(

in recent times, I've had some difficulty in holding the search engine to either DuckDuckGo or StartPage,
as the installed Firefox always defaults back to Bing :(

just wish these folks would move Away from the Dark Side - - to MX, of course.
:)

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