Search the Web, Plant a Tree, and Get Some Extra Privacy We just found a search engine that provides you with as much security and privacy as DuckDuckGo but goes a step beyond. When you search using Ecosia, you not only enhance your search privacy, you also plant trees. And who doesn’t love trees? Well, you… Read More »
Online Privacy is An Illusion, but Have You Tried Qwant? If you live in the USA, you may have heard our government has passed a law that allows authorities (FBI/CIA) to access your search history without a warrant or court order. The US Senate yesterday voted – by a single vote – to allow government agencies… Read More »
Where Did That Image Come From? Reverse image search engines have been around for a long time. In the beginning, they were not very accurate, not very fast, and not very useful. However, today’s reverse image search engines are accurate and fast. Over the last few days, we’ve been test-driving a reverse-image search extension for Google… Read More »
I was just thinking how funny the title of this article is. Are there really professional searchers? Really? Are there people who do nothing but search the Web all day? I bet there are. And if you know a company that needs someone to sit around and search the Web all day, and will pay me well for… Read More »
So your eyeballs are focused on the duck below. What duck? Get a bigger monitor! Get those eyeballs back up here. I have a story to tell you. Don’t worry, it’s short. I promise! Once upon a time there was a little girl named EB. She looked an awfully lot like ET. When I first saw her in… Read More »
Twelve Great Google Search Tips Fill in the blank Did you know Google will fill in some blanks for you? It will. Try this: Thomas Edison invented * Plus is a plus Google ignores common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters that slow down your search without improving the results. If… Read More »