So. I’ve been using startpage for a while and was wondering if it were better over DuckDuckGo ?
As an alternative for both, try searXNG.
https://searx.space/ for instances.
https://github.com/searxng/searxng for the code, you can run your own instance.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SearXNG for the wikipedia article.
Personally, I find it returns much better results than anything currently available elsewhere. It reminds me of a time when search actually worked. Also, no ads and no tracking.
BTW, different instances can supply poorer results than others, so shop around to find the best one for you.
Incredible. I was thinking about something like that, didn’t know it exist already
I just tried it with a few different instances, the fact that you can search the web for files is awesome. Just one problem though, I tried searching for a few specific websites in the “general” tab and they just wouldn’t show up in the results.
Maybe I’m just missing something.
I don’t believe you are. I’m not certain it’s been implemented… yet.
The entire Fediverse is a work in progress. It’s just better than the alternatives.
Startpage=proxy Google
DuckDuckGo=proxy Bing
I’m more biased against Google than against Microsoft, and as mentioned in another comment, the search engines are proxies of the respective companies, so it’s hard to give an objective opinion.
Now, what I would suggest, trying to be as neutral as possible, is to test both and see which fit your needs more. After that, use mainly the better one and keep the other as a fallback option.
I’ve been using Brave Search with Zen browser. Pretty good.
I’m on Firefox Edge for my cellphone, Firefox for the rest
What is Firefox edge? Do you mean Firefox focus?
Yes. Don’t know why I change the name
Is brave search a proxy version of google or did they build their own index?
They built their own index, but if the search engine can’t find what you’re looking for, they have an option to show you proxied results from Google or Bing.
I use several search engines. All have their + and -. As main search I use Andi, apart Startpage, Mojeek, Whoogle, Ghostery Search, Groot and some others, apart some specific ones, like Forums, Pixabay, Wolphram Alpha, etc., I find what I’m searching for. Multisearch engines are fine, but they don’t show the same results of the engines which API’s they use. Apart of privacy, it’s mayby more important to avoid search engines which logs the searh history, because the filter bubble effect, causing an biased information.
Ddg have AI and its bad. Startpage still being a google API. I consider SP because you can run it completly without javascript
Can’t you run ddg without javascript, on their plain html version?
Still cannot see other thing than websites entries in minimalist form, SP can show images, videos and more