Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
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Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
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Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#2I've been using DuckDuckGo for about a year without ill-effects. Although sometimes I have to go to Google, often when the results are disappointing I try !g and the results with Google are just as disappointing. It's also actually easier to switch to an image search using !gi than it is to click the image search with the mouse at Google's site.
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#3bing isn't half bad, but i still use google a hell of a lot
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#4I find that each search engine has a slightly different "dialect", and I've been tuning my search wording for years on google. Using other search engines is actually sort of challenging and often frustrating. I do like peekier.com though. I feel like it's a step forward for innovation with great layout/menu-design.
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#5Bing offers a bit of a dilemma. On the one hand, its search relevancy is actually really great, its special search features (weather, elections, etc.) and graph tools are generally better than Google's and they overall just seem to try harder on search nowadays.
On the other hand, search isn't the only important thing - presumably that is why Google doesn't seem to focus there. Bing has seemingly given up on some of the big things, like Maps, and failed to promote others (like Translator) in ways that really compromise the core offering.
Bing Maps used to have a very legitimate edge over Google; then they stood still for years and I'm not sure they could ever catch up.
To make matters worse, Bing has lost lots of cool, useful features; features that I could show someone and then expect them to legitimately consider Bing. For example, searching for a song used to let you immediately read the lyrics without ads, listen to the song through Zune or buy the song through various providers. Wolfram Alpha used to be directly integrated into the search engine; it was extremely powerful and convenient.
I really would have liked to see a Bing that didn't take as many steps back as it took forward; that Bing could be a real contender.
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#6I recently discovered Ecosia (ecosia.org). Seems to use results from Bing, maps from Google, and has an easy 'out' to show results from Google.
Nice 'hook' as well. From their About Us page: 'Ecosia is a social business run by a small group of dedicated people. We work together to create tools that empower everyone to easily do good by planting trees. We believe our trees have the power to make this world a better place for everyone in it.'
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#7I've been slowly transitioning to DuckDuckGo recently, I love some of their quirky features [0] - though old habits die hard. I guess it is a matter of making their engine the ubiquitous one via the default browser URL/search box etc.
[0] - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-really-cool-things-you-can-do...
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#8This article doesn't seem to say, so, how many of these search engines use their own index and don't "borrow" one from another larger engine? DDG uses Bing and Yandex, for example.
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#9What the article skips over is !bang searches in DuckDuckGo.
This allows you to search other engines, but still have theirs as default
All the engines mentioned can be searched via it. !b !bing !s !startpage !vimeo !giphy etc.....
Re: Alternative search engines to Google (2016)
#10Some Boardreader linkes are broken, especially ones from stackoverflow. It could be useful.