On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:29:12 -0600 Joe Zeff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/20/2023 10:53 AM, stan via users wrote: > > I've been reading more and more commentary that google has ceased > > to be a useful means of searching. > > You may want to try Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/ It uses > Google as a backend, but all of its queries are anonymized so that > Google has no way of knowing who made the request, and they keep no > logs.
I used to use startpage (now using DuckDuckGo mostly), and shifted before they started the anonymity. Unless they filter the results from Google, they will have the same issue. Perhaps they implemented my idea of using a search within a search, and filter out all the 'pay for exposure' and 'recommend the better customer' results. In their defense, search is hard for complex queries. I used to use their advanced form where it was possible to exclude and allow selectively (always or preferred). I don't seem to get the form anymore (it was really writing input to a SQL query). Maybe it became too compute intensive on their databases. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
