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9. Alt search engine: duckduckgo.com

Fri Oct 11, 2013, 12:50 PM

Oct 2013

Heard about it on Thom Hartmann's show. https://duckduckgo.com/

Funny thing is, after you get your search results, if you click on the down arrow to the right of the search entry box and select something like "news" it then takes you to google's page with the news stories from your search. So... eh. Still, I use it for my first go around. I believe they don't skew your results based on your browsing history like google apparently does, so you get more variation of stories/sites on the search topic. That's what I remember Hartmann saying.

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NORM SOLOMON: Google quietly joins ALEC [View all] yurbud Oct 2013 OP

Well, there goes my gmail. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #1

excellent. How about mail alternatives? yurbud Oct 2013 #2

I just posted that very question dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #4

Did public outcry fail? proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #5

Startpage sounds worth trying starroute Oct 2013 #13

Startpage submits your search anonymously to Google dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #14

Thank you, I'm going to check that out. n/t Jefferson23 Oct 2013 #17

K&R. proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #3

Thanks for that info. Aeroette Oct 2013 #12

k and r snagglepuss Oct 2013 #6

Maybe they're going to try to steer ALEC into being a force for good corkhead Oct 2013 #7

By putting them into a Google autonomous drive vehicle, and then running it off a cliff? Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #10

K&R 2naSalit Oct 2013 #8

Try Opera dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #15

Thanks 2naSalit Oct 2013 #18

Alt search engine: duckduckgo.com cui bono Oct 2013 #9

I use duckduckgo search engine and Opera mail. Still have work remaining to switch SDjack Oct 2013 #11

I use duckduckgo search engine for anonymous searches Vincardog Oct 2013 #26

K&R Jefferson23 Oct 2013 #16

I used to use Scroogle Scraper.. here is an article from last year Flying Squirrel Oct 2013 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #20

duckduckgo.com is the alternative to google 4dsc Oct 2013 #21

GET OFF GOOGLE AND ONTO DuckDuckGo duke-rules Oct 2013 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #23

Recommend jsr Oct 2013 #24

signed. recommended Bill USA Oct 2013 #25

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #27