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INFORMATION SEARCHING
INFORMATION SEARCHING
Alternatives to Google Search
Alternatives to Google Search
Bing!
Bing has a rewards program that allows one to accumulate points while searching. These points are redeemable at the Microsoft and Windows stores. Bing image search GUI is superior to its rival’s and much more intuitive. Bing carries that same clean user experience to video, making it the go-to source for video search without a YouTube bias.
Try The New Bing! With its AI-powered features, The new Bing is like having a research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side whenever you search the web. *Requires user to sign-in (PII collected).
BoardReader
This search engine queries its results from a wide variety of message boards and forums online. You should be able to find the forum you want with just a few keystrokes.
CC Search
https://search.creativecommons.org/
CC Search should be your first stop on the hunt for nearly any type of copyright-free content.The way CC Search works is simple – it draws in results from platforms such as Soundcloud, Wikimedia, and Flickr and displays results labeled as Creative Commons material.
DK Find Out!
Is a general interest site with fun facts, quizzes, games, activities and articles on a wide variety of topics.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo doesn’t collect or store any of your personal information. The perfect choice for those who wish to keep their browsing habits and personal information private.
Ecosia
Looking to save the planet, one tree at a time? Then check out this environmentally friendly search engine! This may come as a surprise, but your Google searches actually contribute to the creation of quite a bit of CO2. To battle this issue, Ecosia uses the revenues generated from search engine queries to plant trees. Typically Ecosia needs around 45 searches to plant a new tree.
Ekoru
Ekoru is taking on the ever-present threat of climate change by donating 60% of its monthly revenue to one of several partner charities, ranging from those focusing on reforestation and climate action to those who are dedicated to animal welfare and conservation. They also aim to select a different charitable cause every month. Ekoru puts its money where its mouth is, using renewable energy sources for its data centers and taking a stand for civil rights by not storing any user or search-related data on their servers.
GiveWater
A self-described “social impact search engine” which aims to have a positive impact on the world by empowering users to solve the issue of poor quality water and ineffective sanitation across the developing world.
Google Scholar
Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Internet Archive
The Wayback Machine is great for researching old websites, but it’s so much more. As the name implies, this search engine queries a massive collection of documented material, including millions of free videos, books, music, and software.
OneSearch
Verizon Media launched its privacy-focused search engine, OneSearch, in January 2020. It promises: No cookie tracking, retargeting, or personal profiling; No sharing of personal data with advertisers; No storing of user search history; Unbiased, unfiltered search results; Encrypted search terms.
StartPage
StartPage serves up answers from Google, making it the perfect choice for those who prefer Google’s search results, but aren’t keen on having their search history tracked and stored. It also includes a URL generator, a proxy service, and HTTPS support. The URL generator is especially useful because it eliminates the need to collect cookies. Instead, it remembers your settings in a way that promotes privacy.
Swisscows
Swisscows is a unique option on this list, billing itself as a family-friendly semantic search engine.
They also pride themselves in respecting users’ privacy, never collecting, storing or tracking data.It uses artificial intelligence to determine the context of a user’s query.
Wiki.com
Provides crowd-sourced search results by pulling its results from thousands of wikis on the net. It is the perfect search engine for those who appreciate community-led information as found on sites like Wikipedia.
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