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Search engines
Open source
Peer to peer
Censor and Privacy check
- Censors:
- Checked by searching for known Covid-19 pages.
- Might also be that pages are not indexed for other reasons which is also a form of censorship
- Privacy:
- Our estimate. We did not read the privacy statement fully. That is often undoable and thereby a privacy concern
Search options
Most searchengines have a sloppy search. Use the '+' sign to make sure only results with all the words are shown
| Token | Explanation |
|---|---|
| + | This word must be in the search result |
| - | This word must be excluded from the search result |
| site: | Search on a specific site |
| “string” | Exact match for the entered inbetween the quotes |
Engines
Indexes: Bing, Brave, Google, Mojeek, Yandex
| Engine | Location | Uses | Censors | Privacy | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bing | USA | Bing | Yes | Not so much | Owned by Microsoft |
| Brave | USA | Brave1) | Yes | ||
| Duckduckgo | USA | Bing | Yes | Seems Ok2) | When you uninstall the extension in Firefox you are redirected to Surveymonkey witch is also USA based and thereby a privacy issue When searching form the address bar or the Firefox Home screen a redirection takes place with the 'uddg=link-to-the-target' and 'rut=a-big-hash' options in the URL. When searching from https://html.duckduckgo.com/html there is no redirection |
| Ecosia | Duitsland | Bing | |||
| USA | Yes | Not so much | Search operators. No AI3) | ||
| Gigalblast | Meta | Seems to be owned by Google, uses only Google assetts | |||
| Kagi | Paid | ||||
| Kvasir | Norwegian | ||||
| Metager | Germany | Meta | Is alleen nog betaald beschikbaar per 10 september 2024 | ||
| MoJeek | Great Britain | Mojeek4) | Seems to | ||
| Startpage | Netherlands | Google5) | Yes | Seems Ok | Google based. Has less results then the same search on Google. An example search URL: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?query=white%20home&t=device&lui=english&cat=web or for the Netherlands and in Dutch: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?sc=ueUlD6IhEH9Z20&query=wit+huis&cat=web&qloc=eyJ0eXBlIjogIm5vbmUifQ%3D%3D cat=web lui=english (or dutch or so) qloc=eyJ0eXBlIjogIm5vbmUifQ%3D%3D query=white%20home sc=ueUlD6IhEH9Z20 t=device |
| Quant6) | France | Bing7) | Seems to | No global search option | |
| Rambler | Russia | Only in Russian | |||
| VK | Russia | Available in English | |||
| Searx | Meta | Wikipedia | |||
| Yahoo | USA | Bing | Yes | Not so much | |
| Yacy | Decentralized | YaCy is free software for your own search engine. It needs Java to be installed. See also Searchlab.eu | |||
| Yandex | Russia | Yandex | Yes | See remark | Privacy: As long as al the data stays in Russia it might be pretty good since it will not be leaked to other countries |
Duckduckgo
URL Parameters
Some more:
| Option | Use | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| kad | gd_GB | Language |
| q | Search query | May contain spaces |
| rut | A hash | |
| uddg | URL of site to be visited |
Add to Firefox
When a search engine can not be found in the addons / extensions page then the search engine can be added by opening its page, right click in the address bar and click on the search engine item on the bottom of the, now opened, context menu
The order can be changed by dragging and dropping in the list of search engines on about:preferences#search
AI engines
Duck.ai. Is broken (due to privacy issues it seems)
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Right-click on the address bar and choose “Add Google Web”.
Open the menu in the top right corner on the address bar line.
Choose “Settings”.
Click on “Search on the right side of the page.
In the “Default Search Engine” section choose “Google Web” from the drop-down menu.