Ixquick Metasearch — Outstanding and Secure Search Engine

By Tuesday August 4, 2009

Ixquick Metasearch — This is one of the few new search engines I like and it does not track you like a dog.



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  1. Jägermeister says:
    8/5/2009 at 4:00 am

    #15 – jccalhoun

    That’s a pretty cool way of presenting the results! Thanks.

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  2. SB says:
    8/5/2009 at 4:26 am

    This lady Katherine Albrecht at http://www.spychips.com talks about this search website being good, along with RFID and privacy issue stuff.

    You’re worried about this, look into what she found out about the upcoming census and the kind of kooky information they are going to be forcing us to give them, but anyway, privacy, that doesn’t really exist anymore does it?

    Hey, isn’t this an Adam Curry kinda thing???

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  3. It's crap! says:
    8/5/2009 at 5:03 am

    Searched the term “start page” and here’s what I got, the first 3 were ads, not even related to startpage.com and the first non-ad was for start-page.com.

    Thanks to startpage.com I will now be going to start-page.com as it even has a nice calendar and movie showtimes search box. If you want a good ROFL today look at the results for “start page” on startpage.com – it doesn’t even pull up startpage.com!

    Here are the results:

    New: Startpage does NOT record your IP address !
    SPONSORED RESULTS See your ad here…

    Start Webpage
    Easy, Fast, Affordable. Free Trial – $4.99/Mo After-Try Now
    http://www.homestead.com

    Start Webpage
    Build Webpages For Your Business. Fast & Easy. Try It Free!
    Intuit.com/webpages

    Create a Website for $1
    Have it Online in 60 seconds. Free Blog & Message Board Included.
    http://www.TipTopWebsite.com

    Start-Page.com *****
    Best start page on the internet, go anywhere from here with a comprehensive internet directory and portal.
    http://www.start-page.com – Highlight

    Mozilla Firefox Start Page ****
    Get the most out of Firefox! View short online videos to learn about all its best features.
    http://www.google.com/firefox – Highlight – 2 more top results from this site

    Homepage – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The homepage (often written as home page) is the URL or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser’s “home” button is pressed.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_page – Highlight – 1 more top result from this site

    Correspondence Bible Course | Orphans | Devotion – Covenant ****
    Start page with a family-safe search engine, a daily Scripture verse, forums, news, and directory.
    http://www.start-page.net – Highlight

    STARTING PAGE – BEST of WEB: Search, Lookup, MP3, Chat Rooms, Jokes ***
    Starting Page to the Best of the Web, featuring lookup, weather, maps, autos, … Set As Start Page | Add to Favorites ( IE 5+ only ) Click here for more topics …
    http://www.startingpage.com – Highlight – 1 more top result from this site

    ChiliTech Start Page ***
    New Features to the Start Page! ( Click Here for Details) Old StartPage. No Iframes. Random Quote “Men are liars. We’ll lie about lyingif we have to.
    start.chilitech.net – Highlight

    The Start Page Organization **
    The start page organisation was set up at the suggestion on New Atlantis a non profit organisation that exists to improve the quality of peoples lives.
    http://www.start-page.org – Highlight – 1 more top result from this site

    Start Page **
    Manages your list of things to do, your favorite links, and anylittle messages that you’ve written to yourself. Data can beviewed and updated from any web
    http://www.xav.com/scripts/start/ – Highlight

    Protopage – Free RSS News Reader and Start Page **
    If your page is not loading, please click here.
    http://www.protopage.com – Highlight

    Pageflakes **
    Customizable home page that enables you to pick the news and information feeds you want to read, and to specify the “flakes,” or applets, you want to include.
    http://www.pageflakes.com – Highlight

    SPONSORED RESULTS See your ad here…

    Page Start
    Find the Best Results for Page Start. Ask.com!
    Ask.com

    Start Page
    Search multiple engines at once for start page
    webcrawler.com/start_page

    You know, right now I can’t stop laughing about this stupidity and all the idiots that fall for it. These kinds of claims of being better than the best goes on constantly with internet “improvements” and every time it’s junk, junk, and more junk. At least when I watch TV infomercials and see things like Sham-Wow! they really do what they claim.

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    • L L says:
      2/1/2012 at 3:55 pm

      Search Ixquick. I read that startpage is Ixquick depending on whether you are in Britain or not. And it’s definitely not junk. It’s a multiple search engine that yields more than Google in number of results securely. I read somewhere it might even be with 100% SSL but you will have to confirm that with Ixquick. They dump your information in 48 hours.

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  4. dusanmal says:
    8/5/2009 at 6:07 am

    @#16 “All Google would have to do is offer an “opt out” or “opt in” option about their URL tracking and recording” Only theoretically. Google have based their business model and methodology on tracking. It is like comparing hovercraft and the bus and saying that bus can do the same thing just if they take wheels off… Not impossible, but it involves more than just taking wheels off…

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  5. Misanthropic Scott says:
    8/5/2009 at 8:26 am

    I just started using this after seeing this post. The results are good. I was unable to find a way to search by date though or to easily switch between their equivalent of advanced search and regular search without losing my search terms. Still, overall I like it and will use it first on principle unless I need the more advanced features of google’s advanced search or google scholar search.

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  6. DLBeard says:
    8/5/2009 at 8:42 am

    I’m not a big fan of this site. Here is a test: Type in John C. Dvorak and see what pictures show up in the Pictures search (hint: he’s not even in the first row0. Now compare this to Google’s search which yields far many more results. Try it with video and the first four hits are the exact same video. Google, again, does a much better job.

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  7. The0ne says:
    8/5/2009 at 11:28 am

    Thanks. I’ve switched :)

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  8. Luc says:
    8/5/2009 at 1:15 pm

    This one is secure: http://scroogle.org

    I won’t use ixquick/startpage because it removes the query from the address line (GET method). I love the query on the address line because it lets me create shortcuts on Firefox so I can type my query right into the address bar, no matter what page is on at any given time. For example, I type “gg query”, hit Enter and go to http://google.com/search?safe=off&q=query

    Of course, no one is going to see this comment now, because many other newer articles have been posted. I posted this comment yesterday, but the moderation on this site doesn’t work. Other “moderated” comments I have posted have disappeared. They should change the wording to “If your comment doesn’t show up immediately, SUBMIT IT AGAIN.”

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  9. Mark T. says:
    8/5/2009 at 7:33 pm

    Thanks, Mr. D. I have been waiting for a good alternative to Google that doesn’t track your every move.

    Did you find this through Googling? I am surprised it showed up.

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  10. Breetai says:
    8/5/2009 at 7:59 pm

    Holy Crap solid results nice clean results page, & it’s fast. It’s just like Google… only not being evil.

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  11. Johan says:
    8/5/2009 at 10:33 pm

    Thanks for reminding me about this John. This has potential for sure.

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  12. Lou says:
    8/6/2009 at 1:59 am

    I dumped Google for this 6 years ago.
    My only beef is it has no news search, like the other big search sites.
    The reason I switched was, I like to see my porn before Cheney and the NSA does.
    Make sure you hit settings.

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  13. DLBeard says:
    8/6/2009 at 5:53 am

    #26 Mark T, this has nothing to do with tracking you. My example has to do with finding what you are looking for on the web. And if you don’t want Google to track your every move, then use Yahoo, or turn on private browsing, or go through a system to fake your IP. This browser is not a solution to privacy. Also, in Google, you can “Pause” the tracking of web history and it will stay off until you turn it back on.

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  14. RadioGuy says:
    8/6/2009 at 10:02 am

    Yahoo logs searches as well. And pausing the history doesn’t stop logging of searches by IP. It just hides it from the user’s view, it doesn’t delete it from Google’s logs. I’m more than happy to support a company which respects the privacy of the people who wish to use it’s services.

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  15. RadioGuy says:
    8/6/2009 at 10:08 am

    Yahoo logs searches as well. Turning off web history in your Google account doesn’t prevent them from logging, by I.P. address, your searches. It merely hides the history from the users view. The searches are still logged and kept indefinitely.

    I’m more than happy to support a company which respects the privacy of its users.

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  16. brendal says:
    8/6/2009 at 10:38 am

    Thanks – I’ll spread the word.

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  17. HeeHee says:
    8/10/2009 at 8:20 pm

    Very nice – and the advanced syntax page is excellent

    BUT

    With no warning or choice about it, their deskbar installation added an additional adware button on the taskbar (BTB), and if you delete that, the deskbar goes away also. So for me, it’s just another intrusive adware product that I don’t need. At least they could have asked first!

    scroom.

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  18. Ixslow says:
    11/15/2009 at 2:06 am

    I liked the idea of Ixquick, but it’s really slow and censors results.

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