I’ll go first. I’ve used a lot of search engines, I used duckduckgo for quite some time but found their search results kinda bad. I’m currently using ecosia the search results are similar to ddg’s but at least I’m planting trees, so there’s that.
I’ll go first. I’ve used a lot of search engines, I used duckduckgo for quite some time but found their search results kinda bad. I’m currently using ecosia the search results are similar to ddg’s but at least I’m planting trees, so there’s that.
For some reason the thought of a paid search engine has never even crossed by mind before. I’ve been using DDG but this has peaked my curiosity. Thank you.
Edit: The pricing is… very… meh.
To understand the pricing, you need to know how they source the results. While they use their own index, that’s very small. Every search is an API request to both Google and Bing. And they pay for those.
So you’re basically paying for a proxy for Google and Bing search?
No, it’s far more than that. They don’t just bought give you those results, they do their own ranking. The results are far better than either. They also honor stuff like phrase search properly.
There downranking for spammy sites and tracker heavy sites, you can personalize results (block boost or penalize domains) and filter better than other search engines.
It is very meh. But I think if you’re able to, it’s well worth the price. Just don’t get the standard plan. That one is god awful.
It’s so worth it.