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LuMiWa lumiwa at dismail.de
Sun Aug 22 21:06:50 UTC 2021


On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:17:35 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf at riseup.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:04:44 -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> >I remember there was scroogle.[org or com?] which was doing similar 
> >thing, until the founder died ;-(
> 
> I started with Scroogle and after that used Startpage a lot. Some of
> my browsers still open with Startpage, but I tend to migrate more and
> more to Google.
> 
> By default Startpage's family filter is enabled. It seems to be
> possible to use a special URL to keep the settings, when deleting
> cookies. Sometimes the family filter is an issue, even when using
> non-offensive Linux and FreeBSD search terms.
> 
> Suggestions and hits differ when comparing Startpage and Google.
> 
> If I type "lens co" the second suggestion shown by Google is "lens
> correction", Startpage doesn't offer "lens correction" at all.
> 
> Suggestions are important for those who don't know the correct term,
> for individuals with dyslexia, not being familiar with a foreign
> language and so on.
> 
> If I type "fo pa" Google offers "fopaux" which leads to "faux pas".
> Startpage offers "fo pang" which leads to nothing useful. For
> Startpage it at least is required to type "fopa" without the space, to
> get a pointer to "faux pas".
> _______________________________________________

Did you ever try metager.de or metager.com for english language? I am
long time user.

https://metager.de/meta/meta.ger3?eingabe=%22fo+pa%22&submit-query=&focus=web&s=&f=&ff=&ft=&m=


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