Looking for Google alternatives? How about search engines that protect your personal information and offer an ad-free search experience? Here you are in the right place!
We have prepared our list, which includes a wide range of search engines that you can choose in 2024, from search engines that prioritize your privacy to local search engines, by dividing them into categories.
If you’re ready, let’s start our list with the top picks.
The 10 Most Used Search Engines in the World
For those who want to explore the search engines commonly used around the world, we review these popular options below. These search engines are used by millions of people every day to search for information:
- Microsoft Bing
- yahoo
- baidu
- yandex
- Ask.com
- DuckDuckGo
- Naver
- AOL.com
- Seznam
To get more information about each search engine, you can take a look at the explanations below:
Google, where billions of searches are made every day, is the leader in the world of search engines. Approximately 92% of internet searches occur through Google. Although its practices of collecting and using user data have drawn some criticism, Google’s powerful algorithm and large data base make it stand out from the competition. However, if you want to protect your personal data, you can turn to alternative search engines.
Microsoft Bing
Microsoft Bing, which ranks second in the global search engine market, holds approximately 3% of the market. If you’re looking for an alternative to Google, Bing might be a good option for you.
Yahoo
Yahoo, one of the former leaders of the market, currently ranks third among search engines. Approximately 1.39% of all world searches are made through Yahoo. Although it has lost its former popularity, Yahoo is still an active player in the search engine market.
Baidu
Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, is the fifth most popular search engine in the world, although it is not well known in our country. Baidu, which is not very suitable for users outside China, is an indispensable resource for users in China.
Yandex
Yandex, based in Russia, is frequently used in our country and has a share of 0.87% in the global market. Offering a wide range of services to its users with its various features, Yandex provides services in Turkish.
Ask.com
Founded in 1996, Ask.com ranks sixth among search engines and holds 0.72% of the market. Originally designed as a Q&A platform, Ask.com today uses results provided by Google.
DuckDuckGo
Ideal for users who care about privacy, DuckDuckGo is among the list of both popular and privacy-focused search engines. It ranks seventh with a market share of 0.39%.
Naver
Developed in South Korea, Naver holds 75% of the country’s search engine market and a 0.13% share globally, placing it eighth on our list.
AOL.com
Founded in 1985 and once among the giants of the internet world, AOL currently ranks ninth with a market share of 0.06%.
Seznam
Seznam, based in the Czech Republic, controls approximately 16% of its country’s search engine market and ranks tenth in the global market with a share of 0.05%.
Search Engines That Enable You to Protect Your Personal Data
It is generally known that famous search engines such as Google, Yandex and Bing collect and share user data. Although it is claimed that these data are used to increase the quality of service and the relevance of the advertisements offered, it is not possible to know for sure the final destination of this data.
For this reason, if you are looking for a search engine that stores your personal information and protects your privacy, the following list may be useful for you:
* Swisscows
* StartPage
* Search Encrypt
* Gibiru
* OneSearch
* Searx
* Neeva
* oscobo
* Brave
We will detail each of these search engines under their own subheadings below.
Swisscows
Describing itself as a “family-friendly, semantic search engine,” Swisscows uses artificial intelligence technology to understand user searches and promises that it does not collect or store users’ search data in any way.
StartPage
Founded in 2006, StartPage presents Google’s results while protecting users’ privacy, so you can get Google-quality results while keeping your personal information confidential.
Search Encrypt
Protecting user information using advanced data encryption technologies, Search Encrypt collects search results from various sources and presents them to users, while keeping user information confidential.
Gibiru
Gibiru uses a modified version of the Google algorithm to deliver the search experience without collecting user data and leaving tracking cookies.
OneSearch
OneSearch, released by Verizon Media in 2020, allows you to make private and confidential searches, but it is not yet accessible in our country.
Searx
Searx is a metasearch engine that collects and serves results from many different external sources and is open source so anyone can access and benefit from its code.
Neeva
Developed by a former Google employee, Neeva is a search engine that does not display ads in search results and does not collect user data. A free version is available, but a premium membership may be required to enjoy all features.
Oscobo
Oscobo protects users’ search information and personal data, preventing third parties from tracking their search activities.
Brave
Brave search engine is a platform that was launched in 2021 and offers complete privacy to users. Built on an independent database, the beta version of Brave can be used in all browsers.
Local Search Engines
There are many foreign search engines around the world that offer different features.
However, would you consider using a native search engine?
If you would like to try search engines developed with our country’s own resources and supporting our local economy, the following options may be ideal for you:
* Yaani
* vuhuv
* know
We will discuss each of these local search engines in detail in the following sections.
Yaani
Produced in Turkey, Yaani serves its users as a local search engine. It is also available as a web browser under the name YaaniBrowser. Offering a translation service similar to Google Translate, Yaani allows translation in more than 40 languages.
Vuhuv
Vuhuv, which has been developed since 2012 and operates in Gaziantep Teknokent, is another local search engine. Vuhuv, whose servers are located in our country, aims to provide other services such as corporate e-mail service as well as search engine service and aims to take part in the global market.
Biliver
Introducing itself as a new generation domestic search engine, Biliver aims to offer an innovative approach in the field of information distribution over the internet with its original software and self-developed framework. This search engine, which is currently in use, has the vision of becoming a platform that provides information from Turkey to the world in the future.
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