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Since you have access to all the .yaml files, you can easily modify it to your needs.
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Pros
Pro Extremely customisable
Since you have access to all the .yaml files, you can easily modify it to your needs.
Pro Can add many search engines
Have a vast choice for choosing search engines
Pro Can use a proxy
Using a proxy called Morty hides the IP address of the user
Pro Most Private Search engine
Since it can be hosted on your own server/ computer, it is very private, nothing leaves your computer.
No cookies or ads too
Pro Very fast
Since it is a Python program with a web interface, it's very very fast even on a poor internet connection
Pro Supports instant answers
Uses Google and Bing, and hence has the 'quick answers' feature of both the search engines.
Pro Easy to use
Google makes it easy to quickly get your search results.
Pro Most relevant results
Pro Fast
Pro Still many times comes up with the best results
Pro Most widely used
google.com is the most widely used search engine.
Pro Best UI
Pro Many features
Pro SEO Friendly
Pro Can customize privacy
Has a site called privacy.google.com that you can use to make it more private
Pro Wikipedia at the top
Cons
Con Not very mobile friendly
Needs WSL2 for windows, and works natively on macOS and Linux
But no support for Android or iOS
Con Potentially invasive of your privacy
Google records your searches. Use incognito mode.
Con Censors search results
Search "Was 9/11 an inside job" and compare the results to Bing's.
Con Google is becoming Big Brother
Google search, chrome, Gmail, analytics, streetview, android, YouTube.
Con Google promotes AMP websites
Google favours web pages that use AMP web technology, a technology that claims to lighten the load of web pages, but in reality in many cases slows down and is difficult to implement. And the worst thing is that it makes Google host and display the web page in AMP format from its servers.
Con Filters by who paid Google more
Ads always shown above organic results.
