Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 How do I get rid of this and get something much better (hopefully)? Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 For each browser that you use, possibly only one, go into settings and do whatever incantations are needed to make changes. I mostly work to get rid of yahoo. Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Nothing better than Duck Duck Go. It doesn’t track you like Google! I’ve been using it for probably 5/6 years with no issues! 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 12 Posted February 12 DDG is the only search engine that gives you this: Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc… All track you and sell your information. They tailor ads to your searches and they tailor your searches to meet their advertising needs. DDG does not do that. DDG does use Bing for searches but none of your information gets to Bing and they can’t get to yours thru DDG. You can also set up your incoming email to go through DDG with a Duck.com email address. I use Yahoo email but when I list my address for others I have a duck.com address. When they send me an email DDG scrubs trackers from it. I have been considering going DDG Pro for even more protection. Not sure why you don’t like DDG, but I think you should reconsider. 2 Quote
Tom Bullweed Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I have used ddg for over ten years. My other pages stay very clean, without ads based on my goobernet searches. 1 Quote
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I like DDG. The other search engine I sometimes use is Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/ 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I like DDG. The other search engine I sometimes use is Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/ That’s one I haven’t heard of. Thanks. I will check it out. Quote
Pat Riot Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I like DDG. The other search engine I sometimes use is Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/ Nice search engine. I did some searches: Ammoseek NRA The High Road Glock All the results were no nonsense direct results. No political or anti-gun results. I may have to get the app for this one too. Thanks again 2 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 Maybe I'm doing something wrong. (Pobody's nerfect.) I'll check it out and may reconsider. I may...probably will... ask for help, too. Being computer stupid has some advantages, but there are all sorts of downdides too, Thanks folks. 3 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted February 13 Posted February 13 14 hours ago, Pat Riot said: DDG is the only search engine that gives you this: Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc… All track you and sell your information. They tailor ads to your searches and they tailor your searches to meet their advertising needs. DDG does not do that. DDG does use Bing for searches but none of your information gets to Bing and they can’t get to yours thru DDG. You can also set up your incoming email to go through DDG with a Duck.com email address. I use Yahoo email but when I list my address for others I have a duck.com address. When they send me an email DDG scrubs trackers from it. I have been considering going DDG Pro for even more protection. Not sure why you don’t like DDG, but I think you should reconsider. Which browser do you like? I use FireFox on my PC, but have kept Google on my Android phone. Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 21 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: How do I get rid of this and get something much better (hopefully)? Let’s back up to: why do you dislike it? Quote
PowderRiverCowboy Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I have dumped them all for Brave https://brave.com/ 2 Quote
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I only use DDG. No complaints and they don't track, or at least less. JHC 2 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 On 2/12/2025 at 3:28 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: Nothing better than Duck Duck Go. It doesn’t track you like Google! I’ve been using it for probably 5/6 years with no issues! Okay, I' m sold. How do I get DDG and dump Google? Quote
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