[GLLUG] ABOUT US - How we're different

[Tom McArthur]

Start Page is my chosen search engine in both Linux and Windoze, 
although it is not a perfect replacement for Google. I also used 
DuckDuckGo for a while, and it's not a perfect replacement, either. DDG 
hides the "more results from this domain" feature behind mouse-over 
text. That means you have no idea which hit has more results until you 
mouse over each and every search result entry. Very annoying. Start Page 
doesn't even have a "more results from this domain" feature.

While using either search alternative, I have had to rerun my search at 
Google because they did not return enough hits for my search terms. Most 
of the time, Google returns more hits.

I don't like Google's see-all, know-all business philosophy, so I will 
continue to use alternatives, even if the results are not perfect.

While we're talking about search engines, I highly recommend the 
Greasemonkey script called Google Hit Hider. It adds a Block button next 
to every search result in Google, DDG, Start Page, and many other search 
engines. Clicking Block lets you block *the entire domain* from ever 
appearing in future search results. I block spammer domains, search 
harvesters like generation-nt.com and serkey.com, sites that I just 
don't like or use (such as twitter.com), and foreign language sites such 
as linux-club.de.

Tom


On 02/08/2015 01:23 AM, Dave F wrote:
> GLLUG,
>
> I've used Start Page for nearly five years now without any problem. 
> Was given the clue to
> this by my sister who lived in Arkansas at the time.
>
> This is a good site and read the info it states about what it does
>
> dave
>
> On 2/7/2015 11:47 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>> I know I've mentioned DuckDuckGo.com, a search site that claims to 
>> not track you.  Here's another one I just read about that claims to 
>> allow you to get search results from Google while protecting your 
>> privacy.
>>
>> https://startpage.com/eng/aboutstartpage/?
>
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