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What Search Engine Do You Use?

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Just interested to know, to those who use Laptops and/or Desktops, what search engine people are using in 2020?
Google search, logs every search, and tracks you all over the web, so wonder if people still use that, ot perhaps a more private search engine, that doesn't log your details and track you etc
so, what do you use ?
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Chrome. Took me a long time to come across from IE but I find it more reliable, especially for business needs.
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Pornhub
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Google 1st and Wikipedia - if you can call that a search engine - 2nd
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:46 am Pornhub
Completed it.

Has anyone got any other suggestions?
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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Google - Chrome.
Have heard about all the tracking etc, but assume it's just to point advertising a person's way, so not especially bothered by that really..
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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RedO wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:16 pm
Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:46 am Pornhub
Completed it.

Has anyone got any other suggestions?
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:38 am Just interested to know, to those who use Laptops and/or Desktops, what search engine people are using in 2020?
Google search, logs every search, and tracks you all over the web, so wonder if people still use that, ot perhaps a more private search engine, that doesn't log your details and track you etc
so, what do you use ?
Why just laptops and desktops?

I still use Google on all my devices anyway, of course they and countless others will spy on you. All the EU cookie law has done is made navigating websites a nightmare.

Opera browser on mobile is pretty good, with decent privacy features.
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Firefox
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I just ask Mrs C. That is always the right answer.
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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I use firefox on my laptop, which is supposed to keep you more secure and less tracking etc.

On my ipad I use safari.

On my Samsung phone I use brave which is excellent.
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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Thor wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:28 am I use firefox on my laptop, which is supposed to keep you more secure and less tracking etc.

On my ipad I use safari.

On my Samsung phone I use brave which is excellent.
Firefox is a browser, not a search engine
Safari is a browser not a search engine
Brave is a browser, not a search engine
#justsaying
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:05 pm
Thor wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:28 am I use firefox on my laptop, which is supposed to keep you more secure and less tracking etc.

On my ipad I use safari.

On my Samsung phone I use brave which is excellent.
Firefox is a browser, not a search engine
Safari is a browser not a search engine
Brave is a browser, not a search engine
#justsaying
Search engines as against browsers....Yes you are correct, I did think of adding a comment to say much the same as you have now but could not be bothered to do so. For myself, I mostly use Google as my first choice search engine and have it installed as my homepage on the two browsers that I use the most, Firefox and Google Chrome. I have a friend in America who is a computer geek and he rates DuckDuckGo as his favourite search engine. ''DuckDuckGo. If online privacy is what you seek, then DuckDuckGo is the best alternative for you''

Try These 15 Search Engines Instead of Google For Better Search Results.
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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I use Qwant. Its based in France, so no CIA, NSA FBI, etc to be dealing with. they dont log any of your searches ( unlike Google), and ive found it very good too
Worth checking out folks
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:06 pm I use Qwant. Its based in France, so no CIA, NSA FBI, etc to be dealing with. they dont log any of your searches ( unlike Google), and ive found it very good too
Worth checking out folks
Just tried out Qwant, yes not bad at all !
Now installed on my Opera Browser.
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Re: What Search Engine Do You Use?

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ComeOnYouOs wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:06 pm I use Qwant. Its based in France, so no CIA, NSA FBI, etc to be dealing with. they dont log any of your searches ( unlike Google), and ive found it very good too
Worth checking out folks
First search engine that I can remember was the old one called ''Ask Jeeves'' !
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