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Pro Very protective of user privacy
DuckDuckGo does not collect or share any personal information. Their privacy page has a great rundown on why privacy is important. The most important repercussion of this is that DDG doesn't use the data collected to tailor results, avoiding exposure to the "Filter Bubble".
Pro Allows searching from specific sites using bangs
Bangs are commands that allow searching via a different website's local search engine, using keywords or abbreviations with an exclamation mark (!). For example searching "world war ii !wiki" will automatically redirect to Wikipedia.org and show results for the query "world war...
Pro Can disable advertisements
The search engine allows freely disabling ads.
Con Doesn't do personalized searches
Since they don't track you the results are not tailored to your interests.
Con Time limit only a month
You can only limit the date of the search result up to a month old. Many need a year or a more flexible solution.
Con Form over function (overall search experience is poor)
It's nice to adjust the settings and all but after a couple of days you will want to go back to a more functional search engine. Sure DDG looks shiny and !bangs are great but many wouldn't consider it as a viable alternative. Better results for search queries is more important than fancy...
Pro Privacy focused
Unlike Google, Startpage does not record user IP addresses and strips away any uniquely identifying user information before sending the search request to Google. For each search result, Startpage also provides users with the option of viewing them via Ixquick's proxy services known as Ixquick...
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Pro Free / libre software
The source code is available for viewing, hacking, and redistributing as you like.
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Pro Incentivizes use by offering rewards
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
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Con Account required to post a new question online
You need to register for a ChaCha account in order to post a question that hasn't previously been asked.
Pro Shows content from all major search engines
When you search using dogpile, it brings up content from many search engines to make sure you get what you're looking for. Some of the search engines it uses are Google, Ask, MSN, and Yahoo, and it aggregates content from all of them to display for you.
Con Half of the page is ads
When searching, nearly half of the results page is ads. There are 3 ads up at the top, an ad in the middle of the actual results, and 3 more ads at the bottom.
Pro Open source
You could run an instance on your own server.
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Con Not updated
However DMOZ makes use of volunteers to oversee each category and if you have ever tried to submit something to DMOZ you will agree that the volunteers don't do much volunteer work. Therefore the system is very outdated and should be retired in my opinion.
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