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How many remember when the #1 search engine was webcrawler? Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #1
I remember webcrawler when google wasn't even a JimDandy Jun 2013 #7
One of mine goes back to the days of netscape navigator. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #8
I really loved netscape navigator. I still have JimDandy Jun 2013 #9
You know you're old when you have 5.25 disks of Windows Version 1. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #41
And when altavista was the shiznit! Politicub Jun 2013 #46
Then there was Excite... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #47
And before all that - gopher search. Yeah, I said it. Politicub Jun 2013 #48
I remember when the #1 answer was always, "porno." sofa king Jun 2013 #51
You are right about Webcrawler and bad porn sites... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #53
because it was posted here KT2000 Jun 2013 #2
Who owns duck? The NSA? Yes I'm cynical. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2013 #3
I admit it, I wondered that as well. Nictuku Jun 2013 #35
preferred ask jeeves till they fired him.. PatrynXX Jun 2013 #4
Thom Hartmann mentions this site on his show. Credit him for popularizing DDG. n/t alp227 Jun 2013 #5
There's another search engine that does not send your ipo it's ixquick.com it's good. xtraxritical Jun 2013 #31
I use ixquick as well Nedsdag Jun 2013 #52
TY! I have it now. :-) - K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #6
Why is DU still defering to Google as its search engine? randr Jun 2013 #10
$. nt onehandle Jun 2013 #11
That is one hell of an accusation against DU. Wow! tridim Jun 2013 #21
Same reason the republican trolls are allowed to stay RandiFan1290 Jun 2013 #13
Why believe one Search Engine CEO over another ... ?!? panzerfaust Jun 2013 #49
I use ixquick madokie Jun 2013 #12
I think duckduckgo's results are better and presented in an easier format to parse. onehandle Jun 2013 #14
thanks madokie Jun 2013 #15
How is this post not an advertisement for duckduckgo? tridim Jun 2013 #16
Only an ad for people who have something to hide MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #18
So it is an advertisement IYO? tridim Jun 2013 #19
Go get 'em, sport. MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #20
Now, I do the opposite... tridim Jun 2013 #22
Ha Ha! My plot succeeded! MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #23
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. n/t ozone_man Jun 2013 #25
I will go as far as the "dizzying" part. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #38
I sent one in and signed your name. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #39
The OP is information, not advertising. God. panzerfaust Jun 2013 #50
In fairness to the OP, it's really anti-serious-Apple-competitors. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2013 #34
I just set it to my home page MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #17
http://www.dogpile.com/ CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #24
I used dogpile just because of its name. Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #32
It's kind of cool CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #33
I remember when dogpile was my main search. onehandle Jun 2013 #37
LOL! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #26
I hate the you have nothing to hide argument as much as anyone treestar Jun 2013 #27
Google looks at every bit of your 'free' Google services activity to target you for ads. onehandle Jun 2013 #28
Exactly, they want to target ads treestar Jun 2013 #29
Good question. onehandle Jun 2013 #30
I agree with you. The government would never want to spy on citizens. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #40
That's my new search engine. Both at work and at home. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #36
I started yesterday and I like it so far. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #42
It's been my go to search engine quite some time toddaa Jun 2013 #43
I used Delphinus Jun 2013 #44
Out of the bubble ramapo Jun 2013 #45
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