Althernatives to Google

[hermes0710]

http://www.blackle.com

Powered by google and env. friendly

[Ebuntor]

There is also Ixquick. It combines multiple search engines, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, Wikipedia etc etc.
It also has a very good privacy policy, here, here and here (IP addresses are deleted after 48 hours) and is the only search engine with an European Privacy Seal and offers an encrypted connection.

[jespdj]

http://www.blackle.com

Powered by google and env. friendly

Nice, but it's not true that it's more environmentally friendly because the screen is black.

Quote from the About page:

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen."

What they forget to mention is that this is only true for old-fashioned CRT screens. Nowadays almost everybody (in developed countries at least) has an LCD screen.

LCD screens work very differently than CRT screens and they draw the same amount of power, no matter what colour they display; black doesn't save you anything.

[Joeb454]

What about http://goosh.org ?

[Canis familiaris]

What about http://goosh.org ?

That is the most innovative search engine I ever saw.

[xebian]

Hey all,

just wondering what search engine alternatives to google do you use and why?

Just wondering if there are any good ones out there and what they are like.

Have you tried googling it?

[Chessmaster]

There is also Ixquick. It combines multiple search engines, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, Wikipedia etc etc.
It also has a very good privacy policy, here, here and here (IP addresses are deleted after 48 hours) and is the only search engine with an European Privacy Seal and offers an encrypted connection.

In that case, how long do other search engines such as google, yahoo, etc save the IP address? Or do most search engines not have an explicit policy on such matters?

I take it that it was IP addresses that Yahoo handed over to the Chinese Govt a while back and got a load of people arrested.

[Joeb454]

That is the most innovative search engine I ever saw.

I think it's awesome

[Ebuntor]

In that case, how long do other search engines such as google, yahoo, etc save the IP address? Or do most search engines not have an explicit policy on such matters?

I take it that it was IP addresses that Yahoo handed over to the Chinese Govt a while back and got a load of people arrested.

I don't know about all those search engines but there are a few cases where Google was forced by a judge to handover a user's IP address for certain searches that were done quite a while back (about a year I think). Also IIRC Google doesn't specify how long they store IP addresses, just that they have the right to store them.

As I understand it do it the same way Google does, just mention that they store the address and nothing further. So personally I prefer an engine that does clearly specify how long they store it.

[gnicezw]

What about http://goosh.org ?

This is genius!