i keep a list but honestly there aren't any really good engines out there that i know of
virtually all of the "alternative" search engines are really just proxies - many use either Bing or Google
Startpage will give better results if you're looking for normie shit, while Bing (Qwant and DDG use Bing) will give better results for stuff that's censored, however it seems DDG ads a layer of censorship that Bing may not
Searx uses any number of engines that you can configure
what is badly needed is a comprehensive, distributed, P2P, censorship resistant search engine where users create the index - a couple exist, but they aren't ready for prime time
i keep a list [here](https://12bytes.org/articles/tech/alternative-search-engines-that-respect-your-privacy/) but honestly there aren't any really good engines out there that i know of
virtually all of the "alternative" search engines are really just proxies - many use either Bing or Google
Startpage will give better results if you're looking for normie shit, while Bing (Qwant and DDG use Bing) will give better results for stuff that's censored, however it seems DDG ads a layer of censorship that Bing may not
Searx uses any number of engines that you can configure
what is badly needed is a comprehensive, distributed, P2P, censorship resistant search engine where users create the index - a couple exist, but they aren't ready for prime time
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