DuckDuckGo search engine

I've become increasingly annoyed with Google's search. Recently I found out about DuckDuckGo which is in many ways far better. Without all the privacy-breaching claptrap now added to Google, DuckDuckGo seem to be able to get search results to you more quickly.

The search results from DuckDuckGo actually give you the address of the page you're looking for, whereas Google forces you through their system with a fake address that gets info about your search (and yourself) and then gives you the requested page.

DuckDuckGo don't filter your results according to what they think you'll want based on past searches -- each search is new and fresh. Google make it very easy to begin living in a bubble where it becomes increasingly difficult to find new and challenging things because they learn what you want and present you with more of the same.

DuckDuckGo don't track you. Google do. In fact Google appear to have a nice cosy relationship with NSA, which a bit worrying, considering the accidental targeting of innocent people that is becoming a side-effect of computerised tracking and eavesdropping. This is not to mention potential harrassment of people involved in legitimate, non-violent protest, or those perhaps belonging to parts of the population disliked by those who control the status quo.

So don't google things; duckduckgo them... doesn't have quite the same ring to it, I know. I wish they'd chosen a simpler name.

DukGo is their community page.