With the rise of censorship and surveillance, alternatives to Google and Yandex are becoming more and more interesting to users. We will tell you about three no-holds-barred search engines that do not collect personal information about you, but, on the contrary, protect your privacy.
Startpage: The World's Most Discrete Search Engine
Startpage.com calls itself "the world's most discrete search engine." Since 2016, the service has been merged with the Ixquick website. As proof of the security of its search, Startpage.com bills itself as the only search engine with an EU privacy certificate.
Startpage.com promises not to store user IP addresses and, according to the service,does not use cookies for tracking. Additionally, Startpage.com is accessible from the Tor network.The search engine servers are located in the Netherlands.
The site has a convenient feature:Search results can be viewed using the Proxy option, which encrypts the connection to the corresponding web page using a proxy server. Thus, this is a real search engine without restrictions: you can safely view what your provider blocks.
Search proxies: Startpage easily bypasses Yandex.DNS blocking
Search proxies are the main feature of Startpage, which make it a search engine without censorship. If you need to search without blocking, this service is for you.
DuckDuckGo: anonymous search engine from the USA
DuckDuckGo is the most widely used secure alternative to Google with over ten million searches per day.Even though the search engine's servers are located in the US, DuckDuckGo.com still offers some interesting features.
When searching through DuckDuckGo.com, your IP address will not be stored. The system alsoDoes not use cookies for tracking.DuckDuckGo uses HTTPS encryption. You can also enter a query into a search engine via the Tor network. You can also use different themes to customize the appearance of your search page.
You cannot open websites through a proxy here. But taking into account the fact that the system is outside the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation, it is not subject to, for example, the “right to be forgotten” in the sense in which it is understood in our country.The search results may not be perfect, but they are still quite useful.
The right to be forgotten: DuckDuckGo finds sites with compromising evidence blocked in the Russian Federation. Google - news only This service is more suitable for those who primarily value anonymity and search without tracking. Or for those who want to find information excluded from search results in the Russian Federation. However, we should warn you: in Russia, DuckDuckGo has become a partner of Yandex, so you can expect everything.
notEvil: Internet search that doesn't exist
The notEvil search engine allows you to search the Internet using the anonymous Tor network. To do this, you do not need to install any additional software(although it will be needed in order to open search results).
This search engine allows you to search on the so-called darknet - that part of the Internet that is usually inaccessible to the average user. Due to blocking, useful services are gradually moving into it, for example, for downloading content.
Most web search engines on Tor shamelessly make money from advertising: you get results from Tor, and in addition - a handful of advertisements and tracking for free. notEvil fundamentally does not do this. It is clear that we are not talking about IP tracking and the use of cookies here at all.
notEvil: helps you find things in Tor that may not exist on the Internet The site will be useful for those who want to get acquainted with the contents of the invisible Internet; hardcore anonymity guaranteed. By the way, we recommend that you immediately save the link to your bookmarks - URLs in the “Tor-to-web” category are very unfriendly in terms of remembering.
Anonymous search engines as a safe alternative to Google
All three search engines do not log your IP address or use cookies for tracking purposes. Encryption using HTTPS is provided by all named providers.
The DuckDuckGo search engine showed the best search results in the test, and you will receive guaranteed security when choosing an alternative search engine with the Startpage.com system. EU data protection certification confirms that the search engine stands by its promise of search anonymity. NotEvil, in turn, is useful for searching the darknet.
It's no secret that the largest search engines in the world are Google, Yandex, Yahoo, Bing, etc. — collect a lot of different information based on search queries. And there are no guarantees that, at the request of authorities, they will not transfer this data to third parties. And here you don’t have to be a criminal or paranoid, it’s enough just that this prospect is basically unpleasant and no one wants data about them to be tracked by strangers. The second point that also needs to be mentioned is censorship and restrictions on search sites: the systems apply various filters and prohibitions. For example, filters for eroticism and cruelty, restrictions from Roskomnadzor, filters from the search engine itself. To get away from all this and find the information you need without restrictions, without filters and, especially, without registration, you can use third-party search engine sites without censorship. Fortunately, there are many of them on the Internet. I'll give you my top five.
1.DuckDuckGo
The most popular search among the unpopular ones 😉 is DuckDuckGo.com. It is rightfully considered the most advanced “second-class” search engine. Many eminent computer publications consider it the best alternative Google. “Duck” search (Duck is “duck” in English) is even set as the default search option on some web browsers. For example, SRWare Iron. Here the site administration declares the complete safety of user data, since the servers do not store information about the search queries of their users. Of course, it is clear that the developers may be disingenuous in some ways and some part of the data about requests in DuckDuckGo is sold to advertisers - the organization is commercial, and it is necessary to make a profit. In addition, the entire system runs on the Amazon platform, which cooperates with by American authorities. But you won’t get absolute guarantees anywhere now, and therefore you can only trust the administration that this search engine site is uncensored. Moreover, there was no reason to distrust them yet. But DuckDuckGo is 100% without restrictions and filters - search for whatever your heart desires!
2. Qwant
Excellent independent search service French origin with its own site indexing system. Its main feature is the anonymity of entered web requests: neither the requests themselves, nor the IP addresses of users, nor any other data are recorded. This fact more or less guarantees that the search will work without censorship. The French search engine QWant.com works relatively quickly. In addition, his work is constantly being improved. It is worth mentioning separately that some famous hackers provide advice on anonymity and security for its developers.
3. Unbubble
The site unbubble.eu is a truly effective search service, neutral to restrictions in different countries. This search engine is uncensored and does not use filters, which makes it easy to search for photos, anime, hentai, etc. It’s worth mentioning separately that unbubble is not an ordinary site, but a metasearch site. What does it mean? It does not have its own index; instead, the results of other search engines are used in combination. That is, in fact, it provides the opportunity to use all strengths Internet search leaders. The site does not use cookies and does not store user data. And to prevent their interception, encryption is used.
4. Ixquick
Another metasearch tool with a simple and user-friendly interface. It was the first to delete data about its users and has not collected it since 2006. Ixquick.com provides access to all the “goodies” of the Google system and at the same time completely ensures anonymity using a cryptographic algorithm. The user's IP is removed from the database after 48 hours. However, due to the same Ixquick Search Engine crypto-system, processing requests takes much longer than expected. But for everything in this world you have to pay. Waiting is not the biggest price to pay for the absence of restrictions and anonymity.
5. YaCy
The site search.yacy.net is a German search engine that allows you to relatively quickly, and most importantly, successfully search for films, clips, videos and photos without censorship. It is being developed by YaCy. It runs in the cloud and is not tied to any restrictions or filters such as Roskomnadzor, etc. Its data is stored in a distributed form, which means no one can track your request. In addition, this anonymous search engine has no registration and no advertising. The downside here is the same as with Ixquick - it takes a very long time to process requests. But there's nothing you can do about it. The anonymous Tor network is also slow. So what is it a common problem all such systems.
6.StartPage
The pseudo-search engine StartPage.com is essentially just a proxy service for sending queries to good old Google. But this is precisely what makes it an anonymous search engine without censorship, because it does not record your IP and browser data, and therefore does not transmit it further, masking the request.
7. Tryndex
Tryndex is a Russian search engine without filters or restrictions. Despite the fact that its main focus is searching for advertisements, it is excellent at searching for music, videos and games without restrictions. This search site has Belarusian, Ukrainian and Kazakh mirrors. Unfortunately, there is no information about user anonymity. In addition, there are advertisements on it. Unfortunately, this is the only such large service in Russia.
Global search
You can quickly search the system for data by entering a search query into the command line. Data is searched across all sections of the system, including user ones, regardless of where the search is launched from - from the main menu or from a specific section.
On a note
For applications deployed on-site, you must run pre-setting global search. Read more in the article.
How the search is performed
The search is performed in all fields of the record - both text and reference, as well as in the following details: [Addresses], [Means of communication] and [Payment details]. For example, you can find a counterparty by entering its alternative name or telephone number, address or current account number into the search bar.
Search queries are processed taking into account common typos and morphology - taken into account different shapes words entered into the search bar. The request can be entered in any register. Simply enter the text you are looking for, for example, the title of a knowledge base article or the last name of a contact. For a more precise search, you can specify the query, for example, enter “Avdorov director axiom.”
On a note
For section data to be displayed in global search results, the [Index for full-text search] checkbox must be enabled in the section wizard. Read more about indexing in the article By default, indexing is enabled in the sections [Contacts], [Accounts], [Employees], [Knowledge Base], [Leads], [Sales], [Products], [Orders], [Accounts], [ Contracts], [Documents], [Projects], [Services], [Service Agreements], [Configurations], [Cases], [Issues], [Changes], [Campaigns], [Events] and [Marketing Plans].
How search results are presented
Search results are presented in the form of a register of records containing the text of the search query or part of it. In each found record, the query text for which a match was found is highlighted in bold ( ).
Rice. 1 - List of search results
Results are displayed by relevance, both for the entire list of results and when filtering the found records. For example, if the search was performed from the [Contacts] section, then records from this section will be displayed at the beginning of the list, and records from other sections of the system will be displayed below. And if you set a filter by contact on the search results page, then matches by full name will be displayed first in the list.
If a user does not have access rights to a specific column of an object, for example, to view the invoice amount, then such a column is not displayed on the global search results page.
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Rules for displaying search results are determined using the system settings “Default object weight for global search” and “Default primary column weight for global search”.
To display search results based on typos and morphology, enable the “Display search results by partial match” system setting.
To regulate the display of partial match search results and increase the likelihood of finding data if the search query is inaccurate, set the value of the system setting “Match percentage to be displayed in search results, %”.
Detailed description system settings available in the article
Example of searching for a contact by phone number
Let's look at how to find a contact by his phone number.
1.Enter the phone number in any format into the search bar - you can enter only the part of the number that you remember, with or without special separator characters.
2.Press on or on the keyboard key.
GLOBAL SEARCH
(global search) An operation in the processing of text by a computer in which it scans the entire text in order to track every instance of a particular word or phrase being mentioned in it in order to automatically replace it with the specified word or phrase.
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At first glance, it may seem that only Yandex can be better than Google, and even that is not a fact. These companies invest huge amounts of money in innovation and development. Does anyone really have a chance not only to compete with the leaders, but also to win? Lifehacker's answer: “Yes!” There are several search engines that have succeeded. Let's look at our heroes.
What is this
This is a fairly well-known search engine with open source code. Servers are located in the USA. In addition to its own robot, the search engine uses results from other sources: Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wikipedia, Wolfram|Alpha.
The better
DuckDuckGo positions itself as a search engine that provides maximum privacy and confidentiality. The system does not collect any data about the user, does not store logs (no search history), and the use of cookies is as limited as possible.
DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information from users. This is our privacy policy.
Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo
Why do you need this
All major search engines are trying to personalize search results based on data about the person in front of the monitor. This phenomenon is called the “filter bubble”: the user sees only those results that are consistent with his preferences or that the system deems as such.
DuckDuckGo creates an objective picture that does not depend on your past behavior on the Internet, and eliminates thematic advertising from Google and Yandex based on your queries. With DuckDuckGo it's easy to search for information on foreign languages: Google and Yandex by default give preference to Russian-language sites, even if the request is entered in another language.
What is this
"" is a Russian metasearch system developed by Moscow State University graduates Viktor Lavrenko and Vladimir Chernyshov. It searches through the indexes of Google, Bing, Yandex and others, and also has its own search algorithm.
The better
Searching through the indexes of all major search engines allows you to generate relevant results. In addition, Nigma breaks the results into several thematic groups(clusters) and prompts the user to narrow the search field by discarding unnecessary ones or highlighting priority ones. Thanks to the Mathematics and Chemistry modules, you can solve mathematical problems and request the results of chemical reactions directly in the search bar.
Why do you need this
Eliminates the need to search for the same query in different search engines. The cluster system makes it easy to manipulate search results. For example, Nigma collects results from online stores into a separate cluster. If you do not intend to buy anything, then simply exclude this group. By selecting the “English-language sites” cluster, you will receive results only in English. The Mathematics and Chemistry modules will help schoolchildren.
Unfortunately, the project is not currently being developed, as the developers have transferred their activity to the Vietnamese market. Nevertheless, “Nigma” is not only not outdated yet, but in some things it still gives Google a head start. Let's hope development resumes.
What is this
not Evil is a system that searches the anonymous Tor network. To use, you need to go to this network, for example by launching a specialized browser with same name. not Evil is not the only search engine of its kind. There is LOOK (the default search in the Tor browser, accessible from the regular Internet) or TORCH (one of the oldest search engines on the Tor network) and others. We settled on not Evil because of the clear allusion to Google itself (just look at the start page).
The better
It searches where Google, Yandex and other search engines are generally closed.
Why do you need this
The Tor network contains many resources that cannot be found on the law-abiding Internet. And as government control over the content of the Internet tightens, their number will grow. Tor is a kind of Network within the Network: with its social networks, torrent trackers, media, trading platforms, blogs, libraries and so on.
YaCy
What is this
YaCy is a decentralized search engine that works on the principle of P2P networks. Each computer on which the main software module is installed scans the Internet independently, that is, it is analogous to a search robot. The results obtained are collected into a common database that is used by all YaCy participants.
The better
It’s difficult to say whether this is better or worse, since YaCy is a completely different approach to organizing search. The absence of a single server and owner company makes the results completely independent of anyone's preferences. The autonomy of each node eliminates censorship. YaCy is capable of searching the deep web and non-indexed public networks.
Why do you need this
If you are a supporter of open source software and a free internet, not subject to influence government agencies and large corporations, then YaCy is your choice. It can also be used to organize a search within a corporate or other autonomous network. And even though YaCy is not very useful in everyday life, it is a worthy alternative to Google in terms of the search process.
Pipl
What is this
Pipl is a system designed to search for information about a specific person.
The better
The authors of Pipl claim that their specialized algorithms search more efficiently than “regular” search engines. In particular, the priority sources of information are profiles social networks, comments, lists of participants and various databases where information about people is published, such as databases of court decisions. Pipl's leadership in this area is confirmed by assessments from Lifehacker.com, TechCrunch and other publications.
Why do you need this
If you need to find information about a person living in the US, then Pipl will be much more effective than Google. The databases of Russian courts are apparently inaccessible to the search engine. Therefore, he does not cope so well with Russian citizens.
What is this
Another specialized search engine. Searches for various sounds (house, nature, cars, people, etc.) in open sources. The service does not support requests in Russian, but there are impressive list Russian-language tags that can be searched.
The better
The output contains only sounds and nothing extra. In the search settings you can set the desired format and sound quality. All sounds found are available for download. There is a search for sounds by pattern.
Why do you need this
If you need to quickly find the sound of a musket shot, the blows of a suckling woodpecker, or the cry of Homer Simpson, then this service is for you. And I chose this only from the available Russian-language queries. On English language the spectrum is even wider. But seriously, a specialized service requires a specialized audience. But what if it comes in handy for you too?
The life of alternative search engines is often fleeting. Lifehacker asked the former about the long-term prospects of such projects general director Ukrainian branch of the Yandex company Sergei Petrenko.
As for the fate of alternative search engines, it is simple: to be very niche projects with a small audience, therefore without clear commercial prospects or, conversely, with complete clarity of their absence.
If you look at the examples in the article, you can see that such search engines either specialize in a narrow but popular niche, which, perhaps, has not yet grown enough to be noticeable on the radars of Google or Yandex, or they are testing an original hypothesis in ranking, which is not yet applicable in regular search.
For example, if a search on Tor suddenly turns out to be in demand, that is, results from there are needed by at least a percentage of Google’s audience, then, of course, ordinary search engines will begin to solve the problem of how to find them and show them to the user. If the behavior of the audience shows that for a significant proportion of users in a significant number of queries, results given without taking into account factors depending on the user seem more relevant, then Yandex or Google will begin to produce such results.
“Be better” in the context of this article does not mean “be better at everything.” Yes, in many aspects our heroes are far from Google and Yandex (even far from Bing). But each of these services gives the user something that the search industry giants cannot offer.
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