We developed GOOD search (www.good-search.org) as a value-based alternative search engine: 100% free of Big Tech, 100% ad free (as Google and Bing control the search advertising market. Europe-based. No loud marketing, as we are to the greatest extent a volunteer project, working with independent search feeds. For anyone who wants no Google or Bing inside, may be a good option ...
......that you have to pay for.......
YALL NEED KAGI.COM
Also:
Decentralise and build a toolbox, it's better for your brain.
Keep your links, I'm going back to askjeeves
I don't need a 27-page novel to know the temperature and time to cook something. I also don't want to he directed to Pintrest and be required to have an account. Honestly, I've started using Bing more often.
Try Brave Search, Duckduckgo, Startpage, or Searxng. For more detail on these recommendation (that I definitely did not just steal), check out the Privacy Guides page, or The New Oil for a different, albeit overlapping, set of recommendations and take on search engines.
Best not to use brave since it's a front for crypto. Other's are okay
Is DuckDuckGo the best alternative?
Ecosia for planting trees
I used to have my default engine set to ecosia. I loved it, but their recent change in their privacy policy about giving information to Google was a big no-no for me.