Oh yeah! I loved the name. It seemed cool to me.
POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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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Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
@ KBD Understood thanks. I use DDG only, but recognise that it's searches are sometimes limited
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Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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 :(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
Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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
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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Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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.
The quality of the search results (which is what matters most after all) is very good, including image search.
Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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.
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.
Re: POLL : What is your favo(u)rite search engine
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.
:)
- 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.
:)