Kas Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Which search engine do you prefer, Bing or Google. I have both of course. Google is my chosen Home Page on Chrome, but I use Bing almost all the time. Bing is superbly colorful with the daily background pictures of most interesting subjects, which are a delight to see. Also I find Bing perfectly satisfactory for all kinds of searching and general browsing. It has not let me down yet. As my screen is set to return to the page last selected, then I always select Bing before going into Standby or shutting down. On return, Bing comes up. Why don`t I use Bing as my Home Page ? I guess no reason at all, except I just have Google selected. No big deal really. My preference ? It has to be Bing. What is yours ? Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - "I will either find a way or make one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 duckduckgo.com ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 duckduckgo.com That`s funny - I like it. How about http://www.dogpile.com/ QUACK - QUACK or WOOF - WOOF from KAS PS - I have no wish to hijack my own thread, but living dangerously, have you seen these. They both work very well. :- https://startpage.com/eng/ https://www.ixquick.com/uk/ Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - "I will either find a way or make one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 Google, Startpage.com or Duckduckgo depending on what I am looking for.. To me Bing is just for pretty pictures, the searches with it are no where near good enough, and I hide it in EVERY optional Windows Update I come across it. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Google always gives the best results for me personally. People may object to the amount of data they gather about their users, but Google certainly know how to use that data to give me exactly what I'm looking for. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Google for me, they pretty much own all my life now but ditto to what Shane said. I've heard bing is very good for searching pornography if you know what you're looking for though winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 I only use StartingPage.com in HTTPS, in all of my browsers of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 StartPage and IXQuick as mentioned in my post 3 and re-mentioned as being favored in this thread are both entirely Dutch and located in the Netherlands. They have no ties with any US jurisdiction or privacy intrusions. This should be attractive to our American users and dispense with the variety of privacy intrusions that Google and Bing are widely recognized at practicing. Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - "I will either find a way or make one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 At this point, Google probably knows enough about me to kill me and build a new me without anyone noticing. Cyberdyne Systems incoming! winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 At this point, Google probably knows enough about me to kill me and build a new me without anyone noticing. Cyberdyne Systems incoming! The Terminator, say it like Arnold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Use DuckDuck for my homepage, but google gives a better search, imho. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 DuckDuckGo for me, I just like the way it lets you keep scrolling down the results without having to keep going to the next page. And as a backup, Bing. I've tried to ween myself off all things Google simply due to their data mining methodologies. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted June 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2014 Use DuckDuck for my homepage, but google gives a better search, imho. if I don't like my ddg results or there are none I use !g so I guess of the two I prefer Goo over Bing but I don't sign in to goo and use https version ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 if I don't like my ddg results or there are none I use !g so I guess of the two I prefer Goo over Bing but I don't sign in to goo and use https version Good way to do it, I always forget to. When you use !g can google still do all that tracking / data mining? The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 Good way to do it, I always forget to. When you use !g can google still do all that tracking / data mining? if you don't have secure search (and other secure ddg settings) set or you are signed into google you might be but at that point it's out of duckduckgo's hands as you are on a different site (bangs (!) bring you to the actual site it's just pluging into the open search protocol similar to how browsers' search boxes do) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 If Bing and Google decide to stop providing DDG with access to their search results, they are going to be in big trouble.. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 by they you mean DDG ? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yes. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yes. This just goes to prove that if Google and Bing withdraw their kindness from all these other odd-job search engines, they will fade away into the sunset and die gracefully. Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - "I will either find a way or make one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 I cannot see Google or Bing doing that. Privacy has become a big issue and search engines which do not track are getting more customers now at the expense of Google and co. http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/google-competitor-duckduckgo-hotter-since-nsas-prism-scandal/ How duckduck works...sort of... http://donttrack.us/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 I cannot see Google or Bing doing that. Privacy has become a big issue and search engines which do not track are getting more customers now at the expense of Google and co. http://guardianlv.com/2014/06/google-competitor-duckduckgo-hotter-since-nsas-prism-scandal/ How duckduck works...sort of... http://donttrack.us/ Then if Google and Bing are losing out by allowing these other search engines to use their expertise, why do they continue to be so co-operative ? If I were Google or Bing, I would put the skids right under the lot of them and see them all keel over and die. Why not ? There is no love lost in competitive business strategy. It is a "last man standing", win at all costs game. Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - "I will either find a way or make one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I cannot see Google or Bing doing that. Privacy has become a big issue and search engines which do not track are getting more customers now at the expense of Google and co. Those two sentences are contradictory. Search engines that don't track users are indeed gaining traction, at the expense of Google and Bing. Why, then; do you see it as unlikely that Bing/Google would retaliate against this threat? I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 I don't Bing, I find it rubbish, I can't stand the search results it turns up and can't fathom their TV advertisement with people using it stating they're "good." It hasn't found anything relevant when I've used it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 so does DDG just piggyback off the Google and Bing search servers or are they a search engine in their own right? or in other words, if Bing and Google were to implode overnight, would DDG users even know or care? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 Shane I know there have been instances of retaliation in the past.... http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/22/net-us-google-duckduckgo-idUSBRE8AL00I20121122 but I think Google has to be careful now not to upset the legal people again. I'd like to think there was room enough for the tracked and non tracked search engines Just my opinion, that's all Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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