A Survey Of Search Engines In 2022
Based on my research, these are the most important search engines currently.
Private Search Engines
What Search Engines Do I Use Currently?
Listed below are the search engines I’m currently using. Combined, they offer a very comprehensive set of good-quality search results.
SearX Instances That Are Currently Working and Reasonably Fast
Listed below are some reasonably fast-loading alternative interfaces to SearX (independent meta-search engine). These sites often disappear or go down. When this happens you can switch to another instance.
SearXNG: A Metasearch Engine With Great Results
SearXNG (GitHub page) is a free metasearch engine that can combine results from seventy different search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
Mojeek — A Private Web Search That Uses An Independent Index
Mojeek is a privacy-friendly search engine based in the UK. Over the years, Mojeek has built up its own independent web search index. The index now covers 5 billion pages (as of March 2022).
Kagi: A Private Search Engine That You Can Customize
Kagi is a private web search engine. This service offers one of the search experiences available anywhere. It also allows for upvoting and downvoting individual websites.
Brave Search: A New Private Search Engine
Brave Search is a new independent search engine that was launched last year. The search results are based on Brave’s own search index
Listen Notes: A Podcast Search Engine
Listen Notes is a podcast search engine that works well. It provides better results than a general search engines.
Experiments In Curating StartPage Searches
As an experiment, I am creating curated searches on StartPage.Com.