Top best alternative search engines for Google, Bing, Baidu & yahoo.
1. DuckDuckGo
This Search engine was launched in 2008 September 25 in Pennsylvania (USA) and it was created by Gabriel Weinberg.
popular search engine for those who value their privacy and are put off by the thought of their every query being tracked and logged. It has a very clean interface with minimal ads and infinite scrolling, so the user experience is nice and streamlined. There’s absolutely zero user tracking.
2. Startpage.com
Startpage.com makes
the bold claim that it is the world's most private search engine. It was first named Alex
Quick in 1998 but then changed to current name in 2002 its CEO is Robert
E.Z Beens. Startpage.com's claims can be backed up by their
'no-logs' policy. The 'no-logs' policy means that the search engine
has no idea who their users are; they do not store the IP address of
searchers or store
tracking cookies.
3. Internet Archives
Internet Archives has the data of every
website and online blogs since 1996. You can find the information a website
contained, the way it looked, and the conversation in the comments section
everything via archives.org, no matter the website is alive, changed or shut
down.
It was launched in the month of May 1996
in USA By Brewster Kahle.
The largest search engine in Russia from
1997, Yandex Search is owned by the corporation named Yandex. It is a
robust search engine that has a lot of features like the Wizard Answer
(providing additional related answers like Sports etc.), auto complete etc.
Yandex
search, like Google, is efficient enough to provide real-time
answers based on your query.
5. CC
Search
CC Search should be your first stop on the
hunt for nearly any type of copyright-free content. This search engine is perfect if you
need music for a video, an image for a blog post, or anything else without
worrying about an angry artist coming after you for ripping off their work. It
was created by Lawrence Lessig in January 15, 2001 in California USA.
The way CC Search works is simple – it draws
in results from platforms such as Soundcloud, Wikipedia, and Flickr and
displays results labeled as Creative Commons material.
6. Swisscows
Swisscows is a unique option on this list,
billing itself as a family-friendly semantic search engine. It was
created by Hulbee AG and Andreas Wibe in June 26 2014.
They also pride themselves in respecting users’ privacy,
never collecting, storing or tracking data. It uses artificial intelligence to
determine the context of a user’s query.
Over time, Swisscows promises to answer your
questions with surprising accuracy.
7. Search encrypt
Search Encrypt is a private search engine started in
2001 that uses local encryption to ensure your searches remain
private. It uses a combination of encryption methods that include Secure
Sockets Layer encryption and AES-256 encryption.
One of the best parts of Search Encrypt is that your
search terms will eventually expire, so your information will remain private
even if someone has local access to your computer.
8. Gibiru
According to their website, “Gibiru is the preferred Search
Engine for Patriots.” It was launched in 2009 in California USA
and is owned by Steven Ray Marshall.
They claim their search results are sourced from a
modified Google algorithm, so users are able to query the information they seek
without worrying about Google’s tracking activities, because Gibiru doesn’t
install tracking cookies on your computer they purport to be faster than “NSA
Search Engines.”
9. Onesearch
Verizon Media launched its privacy-focused
search engine, OneSearch, in January 2020 in USA.
It promises that there is no cookie
tracking, retargeting, or personal profiling no sharing of personal
data with advertisers no storing of user search history and it is Unbiased,
unfiltered search results and it has Encrypted search terms.
10.Wiki.com
Wiki.com
pulls its results from thousands of wikis on the net. It was created in 2004.
It is the perfect search engine for those who
appreciate community-led information as found on sites like Wikipedia, it
enables communities of editors and contributors to write documents
collaboratively.
11.Boardreader
If
you’re interested in finding a forum or message board about a specific subject,
Boardreader should be the first place you turn to. It was created in May
2000 in University of Michigan in USA by Effyis Inc.
This
search engine queries its results from a wide variety of message boards
and forums online. You should be able to find the forum you want with
just a few keystrokes.
12.EKORU
Ekoru
is taking on the ever-present threat of climate change by donating 60%
of its monthly revenue to one of several partner charities, ranging from those
focusing on reforestation and climate action to those who are dedicated to animal
welfare and conservation.
This search engine is created by Ati
Bakush & Alison Lee in Kualalampur Malaysia.
13.Ecosia
Ecosia is a search engine based in Berlin, Germany from 2009. It donates 80% of its profits to nonprofit organizations that focus on reforestation. It considers itself a social business, is CO2-negative and claims to support full financial transparency and protect the privacy of its users. Ecosia is also B Lab certified.
14.Slideshare
Slideshare is
an American hosting service, now owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations,
infographics, documents, and videos. Users can upload files privately or
publicly in PowerPoint, Word, PDF, or OpenDocument format. Content can then be viewed on the site
itself, on mobile devices or embedded on other sites. SlideShare also provides
users the ability to rate, comment on, and share the uploaded content. Launched
on October 4, 2006 by Rashmi Sinha, the service positioned itself to be
similar to YouTube, but for
presentations.
15.Quant
Qwant is
a French search engine, launched in July 2013 by Jean-Manuel
Rozan, Patrick constant and Eric Leandri and operated
from Paris. It is one of the few EU-based search
engines and one that has its own indexing engine. It claims that it does not
employ user tracking or personalize
search results in order to avoid trapping users in a filter bubble. The search engine is available in 26
languages.
As
of May 2021,
Qwant is the 105th most visited website in France and the 1415th most
visited website in the world.
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