Disconnect Search Alternatives for Web

Private.sh is an encrypted proxy-based private search engine without any logging and with auditable code. The privacy-focused search engine is a collaborative venture between Private Internet Access and GigaBlast. Private.sh is one of the few US-based search engines that maintain its own index of more than a billion pages.

With Google Search you can search for information from webpages, images, videos and more. Google Search is the world's most popular search engine and dominates the search market with close to 90% market share. In the early days of search, Google was able to provide better results than its competitors, thanks to its Google Page Rank algorithm. The algorithm focused on calculating relevancy through backlinks found online. Today, Google's ranking algorithm includes over 200 major signals to establish site authority and ranking.

Yandex is a search engine that helps you quickly find the information you need.  Since 1997, the Russian search engine have delivered world-class, locally relevant search and information services to people world wide. It provides robust web search, image search, video search that can be accessed through your mobile device, laptop or desktop.

Bing is a web search engine created by Microsoft. Much like Google Search, Bing provides a variety of services including web search, video search, image search and maps related products. With Bing, users can search the web in a quick and refined manner. All results are indexed and ranked by Bing on Microsft Azure cloud infrastructure.

SearX is a decentralized, non-commercial and privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from more than 70 search services. With SearX, users can enjoy the power of search engines without being profiled and tracked. The distributed nature of searX allow anyone to run an instance of the software, hosted for everyone to use. SearX is released free and open-source under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that does not profile its users and shows all users the same results. When using DuckDuckGo you can be sure that your query results are net generated in a personalized search result bubble. DuckDuckGo is free to use and does not store your search history, the advertisement done on the platform is based on keywords only.

Ecosia is a search engine that uses parts of its profits to plant trees world-wide, to improve global CO2 emissions. When using Ecosia as your search engine you get a tree score for each individual search. On average you need around 45 searches to plant a tree!

Startpage is a search engine that deliver tools that can help you stay in control of your personal data and protect your privacy while searching online. Startpage does not save, share or sell your personal data, nor does it use third-party cookies and trackers. The search engine gets its results from Google Search, which it pays for with the help of search keyword related ads provided when using Startpage.

With Givero, you can search the web to raise money for good causes. Givero is a search engine based in Denmark. It uses the search results of Bing and uses parts of its earnings from search engine ads as donations to organizations of your choice. Simply select which good cause gets the money you've raised through your search engine activity. If you don't nominate a single cause, donations will be split evenly between all non-profit orgs listed

Qwant is a EU-based search engine that respects your privacy by providing search results without tracking or user profiling. The search engine is built in France and index and ranks web pages with its own technology and algorithms without collecting personal data. This allows users to ensure confidentiality of their searches and privacy protection under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when using Qwant.

Mojeek is privacy focused search engine built from the ground up. Unlike many other meta search engines like DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Startpage, Mojeek index web pages on their own servers, and rank them according to their own algorithm. Mojeek has gone from a personal project to a search engine that index and ranks over two billion pages across the internet.

Yippy is a metasearch engine that groups search results into clusters. The search engine was originally developed and released by Vivisimo in 2004. Today, Yippy is owned and developed by IBM and is powered by IBM Watson. Allowing Yippy to provide unrivaled privacy for its users and delivers fair search results based on balanced algorithms.