I do a lot of technical searches (StackOverflow …) and in my preliminary use of searX I find that selecting “General” (only) as the Default Category (in Preferences) gives the best results.
Notably:
* Each search result is given as a direct link to the respective site, rather than a tracked redirect link as used by Google.
* When available, these direct links are accompanied by “cached” and/or “proxied” links that allow viewing results pages without actually visiting the sites in question.
* The “cached” links point to saved versions of a page on archive.org, while the “proxied” links allow viewing the current live page via a searX-based web proxy.
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TL/DR
* searX is a free metasearch engine with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users.
* searX does not share users’ IP addresses or search history.
* Tracking cookies served by the search engines are blocked.
* searX queries do not appear in search engine webserver logs.
In addition to the general search, the engine also features tabs to search within specific domains:
I do a lot of technical searches (StackOverflow …) and in my preliminary use of searX I find that selecting “General” (only) as the Default Category (in Preferences) gives the best results.Notably:
* Each search result is given as a direct link to the respective site, rather than a tracked redirect link as used by Google.
* When available, these direct links are accompanied by “cached” and/or “proxied” links that allow viewing results pages without actually visiting the sites in question.
* The “cached” links point to saved versions of a page on archive.org, while the “proxied” links allow viewing the current live page via a searX-based web proxy.