Whenever you browse a website, your IP and MAC address are logged to track your activity. To protect yourself, you need to browse various sites anonymously. In this regard, we provide a list of anonymous search engines that will not track your queries.
It is one of the best search engines and is well known among security experts. WolframAlpha provides fundamentally new way obtaining knowledge and answers - through dynamic calculations based on a large volume of built-in data, algorithms and methods.
It is an HTTPS-based search engine that uses SSL encryption and does not record user queries.
This is a well-known search engine that you may have already used. The anonymous search engine DuckDuckGo does not collect or share users' personal information. This is the privacy policy used by this service.
This is one of the search engines through which you can easily filter the results and sort the list as per your desire. Moreover, this search engine works with proper custom search to provide its users top scores and never saves your search history.
Gibiru does not link to any personal data and does not track cookies. The search engine provides an uncensored and anonymous anonymous network so you can surf the Internet safely.
It is a powerful search engine that displays Google results while protecting user queries and avoiding your steps being tracked. It provides browsing through a proxy server that prevents IP address or location from being tracked.
Hulbee.com is a rational alternative for those who give great importance data integrity and confidentiality. Unlike regular search engines, Hulbee.com users leave no traces. Hulbee.com doesn't even count the number of its visitors. Their requests, IP addresses and personal information are not stored.
This service uses Google, Bing and Yahoo to search for content. But it never tracks your requests or IP address. It even allows the user to select their location before starting the search.
Lukol is one of the best search engines that protects users from online scammers and spammers. Uses Google to display search results. But a proxy server is used to provide search results.
We reviewed the best anonymous search engines that do not track user requests. Using them, you can easily carry out anonymous searches without worrying about your safety.
Translation of the article " Top 10 Private Search Engines That Do Not Track You"was prepared by the friendly project team.
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Beware, spoilers! By far the best search engine of 2018 is Google; D. Anecdote). Obviously, Google is at the top of the sky when compared to other search engines. Although we cannot compare others search engines with Google, but if you want to try something else, you should take a look at the top search engines listed below in this article.
This may be a question you may be faced with. Yes it good question, and I have an answer to this question. I will explain this to you with one example: what will happen if a city has only one store in the city to get every daily need? Obviously, the store will only stock items that have a good profit margin, even if they are not of the best quality.
Likewise, if there is only one search engine on the Internet, then there is a good chance of a monopoly on that single search engine.
We are all familiar with Google ads at the top of search results that favor some of the sites that pay Google to get that position for a relevant keyword search. Therefore, we cannot say that the results we see in the search are legitimate.
| № | Website | Average time on site | Attendance per month | Average number of open pages per visit | Rejection rate |
| 1 | google.com | 0:09:12 | 42.6 billion | 9,14 | 31,05% |
| 2 | baidu.com | 0:07:25 | 10.6 billion | 8,01 | 35,63% |
| 3 | yandex.ru | 0:10:50 | 2.9 billion | 9,17 | 25,61% |
| 4 | sogou.com | 0:04:17 | 1.5 billion | 4,51 | 41,15% |
| 5 | bing.com | 0:06:09 | 1.2 billion | 5,72 | 46,76% |
| 6 | yidianzixun.com | 0:02:55 | 1.1 billion | 2,61 | 69,92% |
| 7 | Yahoo.com | 0:06:35 | 4.5 billion | 6, 48 | 36,20% |
| 8 | duckduckgo.com | 0:08:56 | 421.5 million | 7,03 | 20,98% |
| 9 | ask.com | 0:04:22 | 165.1 million | 2,46 | 43,23% |
| 10 | Aoi | 0:05:28 | 230.1 million | 4, 59 | 37,45% |
Here are the best internet search engines that can give you more search options. Let's start with the obvious.
It is difficult to imagine the World Wide Web in its modern guise without search engines; moreover, most Internet users associate movement across the Internet with them. I will not agree or question this statement, because everyone is given the right to express their point of view. But at the same time, I note that every second of us begins his computer session by launching the search page. It is thanks to him that we find most of the information, join virtual communities, and earn money, in the end.
For more than ten years now, the so-called Internet snoopers have been gaining momentum, developing and acquiring new functions. The balance of power is changing; some of the market players have long since sunk into oblivion, giving way to young and ambitious newcomers. For example, a corporation Google, which is a generally recognized leader in this field, appeared much later than many of us might have mistakenly believed, but thanks to the talent and enthusiasm of the developers, it bypassed competitors who were then at the zenith of their fame.
This is the case at the global level, where Google, by and large, has no equal. However, in some regions where there are search leaders, the balance of power is changing. Regional projects not only feel confidently at the side of the American giant, but also constitute healthy competition for it. A clear example of this is the Runet, where the well-known Yandex has dominated for many years. We will look at it and other search engines in this article.
The article provides information on the following countries:
In Ukraine, the picture is as follows: unlike Russia, Google is in the lead here with a good start, Yandex is in second place, followed by Mail and Bing. Below are statistics from liveinternet.ru:
If you look at the statistics for Kazakhstan, you will notice that go.mail.ru is ahead of Yandex, which showed more modest results.
The last screen shows that in May the search engine from mail.ru, with 25.8%, is ahead of Yandex, which has 25.2%.
It was not possible to identify search sites on the Internet that would be popular only in Europe, because they do not exist. Europeans prefer to enjoy the fruits of the labor of American corporations:
It is clear that these are all-European statistics. In each individual country the ratio may change. For example, in Germany Google has a 65% share, Yahoo has 15%, and MSN takes 13% of the total number of requests, and in Ukraine share Yahoo! and MSN is generally insignificant, but Yandex comes in second place with more than thirty percent of transitions.
Other Internet search engines are too narrowly focused and inconvenient, at least if we consider them from the point of view of a European Internet user accustomed to the functionality of products from world-famous companies. Most of them can even be called search engines with a big stretch - they are just directories of sites, like Rambler TOP100. In any case, I found a couple of examples and screenshotted them so that you can visually evaluate them.
Japanese Infoseek.
Ananzi - South Africa.
As you can see by reading this article, there are plenty of Internet search engines in the world. There are so many that it was impossible to even list them all. However, the global trend is leading to a reduction in their number. Many are absorbed by more successful companies and media holdings. And small projects that refuse to merge and have lost their competitiveness will be forced to either completely leave the market or change their type of activity.
P.S. If you have interesting thoughts regarding the content of this article, then do not hesitate to speak up.
Recently Google company fulfilled the requirement of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation - provided Android users with a choice of search engine in the standard Chrome browser. Now, after installing the latest version or using a special settings menu, everyone can choose how to search for information on the Internet: Yandex, Google and Mail.Ru. Which one is better? Let's take a closer look.
Without moving on to the search itself, let’s evaluate home page convenience"The Magnificent Three" Let's start with Google:
Traditionally ascetic home Google page in the center contains only a line where you can enter your request. To get to the rest of the company’s services, you need to click the button with the grid. From there you can read news, go to mail or maps. If you want more on the main page, then you need to install either the main one for Android and iOS. There, all services mixed with a search bar are immediately displayed on the main screen.
Yandex did not skimp on the functionality of the main page in the mobile version. The site is literally crammed with all possible services from the Russian company, and upon entering it immediately asks for access to the location. If allowed, then home page will immediately show a block with a cafe near you, and also adapt the Yandex.Traffic widget. I know many people who use Yandex solely because of its convenient home page. It is described as some kind of store where you go for one thing, but forget about it, and at the exit you have a cart full of various goods, except for that very one.
If Google's home page is ascetic, then Mail.Ru's is simply the height of minimalism. In the bad sense of the word, since there are no information cards, interactive elements, etc. on it. If we select news in the menu, the site will kindly offer us to “search for news” in 2017. I think this is where we can finish the review of the main Mail.
We carry out further testing on two parameters: locality and convenience. Read more about each parameter in the corresponding subheadings.
First, let's look at how three search engines understand local colorful words and the context of their use. For example, the name of the city of Chelyabinsk is often abbreviated as “person”. What if you enter the query “person routes”:
How well do the three search engines know the great and mighty Russian language? Let's ask them for help in resolving a popular error - theirs or theirs:
Let's throw in the tricky query “Europe time” to the search. The implication is that we will see the operating hours of a major shopping center"Europe". Let's see what they show us:
Now let's move on to a purely local story - to a search with location included. Let's try to find us a place where we can have lunch:
How about ordering a pizza?
What if you look for pizza in another city?
Moreover, on Google, even on the map, branches of this no longer existing bank “Uniastrum” are marked. In Yandex and Mail.Ru the maps are more up-to-date. Eventually: Yandex is more “localized” and has an up-to-date information base in the Russian Federation and CIS countries; Google is a little worse in this regard, but you can use it; Mail.Ru is in last place.
Let's start with the trivial - we'll ask you to display the weekend schedule in June:
Let's compare information cards of objects like computer games, for example, the old Gothic, which came out at the beginning of the 2000s:
Let's move on to one of the most popular functions - calculations:
Let's look at how unit converters work. Let's set a not-so-simple conversion option - micrometers to meters:
The Google conversion widget shows the number of meters in one micrometer as a formula in the format 10 to the minus X power. The “Search No. 1 in Russia” widget is more understandable - in it you can set the number of micrometers and get the usual number with zeros after the decimal point. Mail again refuses to convert and count.
Let's try another function with a verbal trick in action. Let’s enter the query “anthill calories”. It is clear that we're talking about about the cake called anthill and its calorie content:
Let's try to order a taxi directly through the search. Let’s enter a request for Moscow, since we can’t count on advanced functionality for the regions:
It is the optimization of a news site for mobile devices. The pages are simplified, becoming much lighter and easier to read.
Yandex has its own analogue of AMP - turbo mode, but it does not work on all news sites. Moreover, it is mainly tailored for Wikipedia and other information sites. In turbo mode, the site loads quickly and the page is lightweight.
Let's move a little away from text search and compare image search. On the mobile version of the site in Google, the search for images is quite meager - you can only enter a query, and also rank the results by date or select only GIF animations. Almost the same functionality awaits us in Mail.
Yandex is better. Firstly, every day they show a beautiful picture that you can put, for example, on your desktop. Secondly, it is possible to upload a picture and search by its content. It could even be an image that has never been on the Internet. You can also recognize text in a photo, find a car model or product.
It's time to let you down result"Convenience" section. In almost every way, Mail.Ru search loses to two competitors. Yandex often takes advantage of slightly more convenient services. It feels like all the functions that we looked at were improved a little better in Yandex, but they also work quite well in Google. For convenience, Google and Yandex can be placed in the same place.
If you don’t need convenient services, additional “gimmicks” and other goodies, then your choice is Google, or even better, DuckDuckGo. But it’s not offered to Russian residents in the Chrome search selection window.
DuckDuckGo is a fairly well-known open source search engine. Servers are located in the USA. In addition to its own robot, the search engine uses results from other sources: Yahoo, Bing, Wikipedia.
DuckDuckGo positions itself as a search engine that provides maximum privacy and confidentiality. The system does not collect any data about the user, does not store logs (no search history), and the use of cookies is as limited as possible.
DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information from users. This is our privacy policy.
Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo
All major search engines try to personalize based on data about the person in front of the monitor. This phenomenon is called the “filter bubble”: the user sees only those results that are consistent with his preferences or that the system deems as such.
DuckDuckGo creates an objective picture that does not depend on your past behavior on the Internet, and eliminates thematic advertising from Google and Yandex based on your queries. With DuckDuckGo it's easy to search for information on foreign languages: Google and Yandex by default give preference to Russian-language sites, even if the request is entered in another language.
not Evil is a system that searches the anonymous Tor network. To use it, you need to go to this network, for example, by launching a specialized one with the same name.
not Evil is not the only search engine of its kind. There is LOOK (the default search in the Tor browser, accessible from the regular Internet) or TORCH (one of the oldest search engines on the Tor network) and others. We settled on not Evil because of the clear hint from Google (just look at the start page).
It searches where Google, Yandex and other search engines are generally closed.
The Tor network contains many resources that cannot be found on the law-abiding Internet. And their number will grow as government control over the content of the Internet tightens. Tor is a kind of network within the Internet with its own social networks, torrent trackers, media, trading platforms, blogs, libraries, and so on.
YaCy is a decentralized search engine that works on the principle of P2P networks. Each computer on which the main software module is installed scans the Internet independently, that is, it is analogous to a search robot. The results obtained are collected into a common database that is used by all YaCy participants.
It’s difficult to say whether this is better or worse, since YaCy is a completely different approach to organizing search. The absence of a single server and owner company makes the results completely independent of anyone's preferences. The autonomy of each node eliminates censorship. YaCy is capable of searching the deep web and non-indexed public networks.
If you are a supporter of open source software and a free internet, not subject to influence government agencies and large corporations, then YaCy is your choice. It can also be used to organize a search within a corporate or other autonomous network. And even though YaCy is not very useful in everyday life, it is a worthy alternative to Google in terms of the search process.
Pipl is a system designed to search for information about a specific person.
The authors of Pipl claim that their specialized algorithms search more efficiently than “regular” search engines. In particular, the priority sources of information are profiles social networks, comments, lists of participants and various databases where information about people is published, such as databases of court decisions. Pipl's leadership in this area is confirmed by assessments from Lifehacker.com, TechCrunch and other publications.
If you need to find information about a person living in the US, then Pipl will be much more effective than Google. The databases of Russian courts are apparently inaccessible to the search engine. Therefore, he does not cope so well with Russian citizens.
FindSounds is another specialized search engine. Searches for various sounds (house, nature, cars, people, etc.) in open sources. The service does not support queries in Russian, but there is an impressive list of Russian-language tags that you can search for.
The output contains only sounds and nothing extra. In the search settings you can set the desired format and sound quality. All sounds found are available for download. There is a search for sounds by pattern.
If you need to quickly find the sound of a musket shot, the blows of a suckling woodpecker, or the cry of Homer Simpson, then this service is for you. And we chose this only from the available Russian-language queries. On English language the spectrum is even wider.
But seriously, a specialized service requires a specialized audience. But what if it comes in handy for you too?
Wolfram|Alpha is a computational search engine. Instead of links to articles that contain keywords, it provides a ready-made answer to the user's request. For example, if you enter “compare the populations of New York and San Francisco” into the search form in English, Wolfram|Alpha will immediately display tables and graphs with the comparison.
This service is better than others for finding facts and calculating data. Wolfram|Alpha accumulates and systematizes knowledge available on the Web from various areas, including science, culture and entertainment. If this database contains a ready-made answer to a search query, the system displays it; if not, it calculates and displays the result. In this case, the user sees only the necessary information and nothing superfluous.
If you're a student, analyst, journalist, or researcher, for example, you can use Wolfram|Alpha to find and calculate data related to your work. The service does not understand all requests, but it is constantly developing and becoming smarter.
The Dogpile metasearch engine displays a combined list of results from search results from Google, Yahoo and other popular systems.
First, Dogpile displays fewer ads. Secondly, the service uses a special algorithm to find and show the best results from different search engines. According to the Dogpile developers, their systems generate the most complete search results on the entire Internet.
If you can't find information on Google or another standard search engine, look for it in several search engines at once using Dogpile.
BoardReader is a system for text search in forums, question and answer services and other communities.
The service allows you to narrow the search field to social platforms. Thanks to special filters, you can quickly find posts and user comments that match your criteria: language, publication date and site name.
BoardReader can be useful for PR people and other media specialists who are interested in the opinion of a mass audience on certain issues.
The life of alternative search engines is often fleeting. Lifehacker asked the former general director of the Ukrainian branch of Yandex, Sergei Petrenko, about the long-term prospects of such projects.
Sergey Petrenko
Former CEO"Yandex.Ukraine".
As for the fate of alternative search engines, it is simple: to be very niche projects with a small audience, therefore without clear commercial prospects or, conversely, with complete clarity of their absence.
If you look at the examples in the article, you can see that such search engines either specialize in a narrow but popular niche, which, perhaps, has not yet grown enough to be noticeable on the radars of Google or Yandex, or they are testing an original hypothesis in ranking, which is not yet applicable in regular search.
For example, if a search on Tor suddenly turns out to be in demand, that is, results from there are needed by at least a percentage of Google’s audience, then, of course, ordinary search engines will begin to solve the problem of how to find them and show them to the user. If the behavior of the audience shows that for a significant proportion of users in a significant number of queries, results given without taking into account factors depending on the user seem more relevant, then Yandex or Google will begin to produce such results.
“Be better” in the context of this article does not mean “be better at everything.” Yes, in many aspects our heroes are far from Google and Yandex (even far from Bing). But each of these services gives the user something that the search industry giants cannot offer. Surely you also know similar projects. Share with us - let's discuss.
