If you don't use Google...

[samjh]

If you don't use Google, what search engine do you use?

[YuiDaoren]

There's something other than Google? :shock:

[ubunterooster]

http://duckduckgo.com/nduck.v102.png (http://duckduckgo.com/)

[handy]

Scroogle SSL, which is kind of Google with some added privacy protection. There are Firefox add-ons that add it to your search field.

Just found Blackle yesterday, which is Google with a black screen, which when I do have to use Google (when I want commercials) it is easier on my eyes.

I'll use Duckgo in the future if their results improve.

[coolbrook]

I use Google. I used Metacrawler in the 90's.

[PsychoDevon]

Well, I regularly use Google, but I do use Bing whenever Google fails me.

[PsychoDevon]

I'll use Duckgo in the future if their results improve.

Aren't results the only reason that should matter when picking a search engine?

[Timmer1240]

I use Google and google and lets see there one more cant think of the name ah yes its Google!

[handy]

Aren't results the only reason that should matter when picking a search engine?

Not in my case. I also like to be able to limit how much info' gets collected regarding my searching/surfing habits. I use Privoxy & a number of Firefox add-ons: Google sharing, Ghostery, RefControl, as well as doing most of my searching via Scroogle SSL. I'm still not surfing anonymously but I have limited the amount of data that can be collected.

I also have Firefox ask me every a site wants to set a cookie, to which I automatically block them as a reflex action & have them listed permanently as blocked.

If I do need the cookie for some reason I go in remove the block in Firefox preferences. I have a very long list of blocked sites. After a while of operating like this you don't get many prompts regarding cookies, only from new sites.

[67GTA]

http://clusty.com/

[scouser73]

I use Google and google and lets see there one more cant think of the name ah yes its Google!

+1 for this

[lostinxlation]

Is AltaVista still in operation ? I thought they were dead long time ago.

[ubunterooster]

Alive, but most dislike the complete blocking of adult pages
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/av/logo.gif (http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geunZNqRFMDAMBVgBqCqMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBvczJhZmN nBHBndANhdl93ZWJfaG9tZQRzZWMDbG9nbw--/SIG=11dvbvoqo/EXP=1276312269/**http%3a//www.altavista.com/)

[Frogs Hair]

Google on the Ubuntu start page , Lycos and Bing as well.

[JDShu]

Google on the Ubuntu start page , Lycos and Bing as well.

Man, Lycos still exists? Reminds me of the 90s when I was just discovering the internet and everybody used lycos/excite/altavista and a plethora of other search engines that all looked the same.

[lostinxlation]

Man, Lycos still exists? .
I still have an email account at Lycos.

[Frogs Hair]

Net Zero and Lycos both had free dial-up at one time.

[cpmman]

http://www.dogpile.com/ - it plays happily with Lucid Puppy and most search engines.

[Ubuntiac]

Yacy (http://yacy.net) first (support FOSS search!)
DuckDuckGo (http://duckduckgo.com) if that doesn't work
Scroogle (https://ssl.scroogle.org)after that.

Avoid giving personal data to big brothe -er- Google at all costs.

[samjh]

http://duckduckgo.com/nduck.v102.png (http://duckduckgo.com/)

THAT, is a great find! Thanks. :)

[amitabhishek]

www.guruji.com

Tried few cryptic searches; nothing beats Google!

[Lucifer The Dark]

Scroogle SSL for me.

[RichardLinx]

If google suddenly disappeared, I would use Yahoo.

[Primefalcon]

Are you asking if I don't use google, what do I use to google things?

(note: yes this was a joke)

[KingYaba]

Bing or Ask.

[Primefalcon]

I would not use Bing, and since yahoo is really just bing this days I wouldn't use that....

I guess for the others I'd have to expend some time to see what gave back the best results, these days when I try something out I only compare to see if they're better they Google for any results, nothing has been yet

[autonomy]

scroogle
I don't use privoxy, but I think those are good ideas. I don't allow third party cookies because they have no business setting cookies. (3rd party is someone besides the site I'm visiting)

[XubuRoxMySox]

I use Startpage (http://startpage.com) for the privacy. But it's not as exhaustive as Google. Scroogle is nice too.

[jennygawl]

I always prefer Google.. If it not work some times then only I use Yahoo/MSN...

[koleoptero]

That duck duck go thing looks interesting.

[ubunterooster]

THAT, is a great find! Thanks. :)
Glad you like it. Also it is close in location to me so I get very quick responses.

[98cwitr]

webcrawler. I am actively boycotting Bing.

[gillza]

I use googlubuntu.com and maemOO (http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006570508085098094209:dwczuygxer4&hl=en) :)

I actively avoid yahoo (for past dealings with MS) and bing.