Generally, I don't mind this search engine. It gives me better results. But, recently it has added junk buttons below the search bar. In addition, it has made the search bar a fixed width which is not... See more
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I was content with Startpage for a while until about a month ago it started showing capcha's. And quite often. I switched back to Duckduckgo.
The same experience as EVERY OTHER search engine. Unintuitive and frustrating You type something in and your results don't match at all, you keep on trying with this word changed or that word, b... See more
StartPage continues to demonstrate a committment to privacy and provides a level of service far beyond what anyone should expect from a no cost service. I'd really like to know how I can help support... See more
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We will never track, log or share your data or search history and Startpage users world- wide are protected by the stringent Dutch and EU privacy laws, including the GDPR. We partner with Google for their best-in- class search technology and apply our anonymizing process and privacy policy per search. We don’t stop at search. Our proprietary feature Anonymous View allows you to browse search results without the website ever knowing you were there. We deliver completely un-profiled search results AND protect you from annoying ad and price trackers that follow you around the web.
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The Hague, Netherlands
- support@startpage.com
- startpage.com
2.1
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Doesn't Work Like it Used To
The people who control StartPage pretentiously claim that StartPage is privacy friendly and yet those hypocrites have a problem when you are using a V.P.N. to find search results. If you can't use a V.P.N. on StartPage, then StartPage isn't really privacy friendly at all. You're basically allowing your internet service provider to know what you're doing online while using StartPage if you are not using your V.P.N. Which makes the phrase privacy friendly meaningless at that point. StartPage has less search results than the Google search engine does. Because I've tried searching for songs on Spotify, and StartPage doesn't have as much Spotify songs on its search engine compared to Google's search engine. I have to go back and forth when I use Google's search engine and StartPage's search engine when StartPage is used for privacy and when Google is used for more search results because StartPage doesn't update its search engine as quickly as Google does. I have to turn my V.P.N. off and on sometimes because the StartPage system detects my V.P.N. and doesn't let me look for search results, which makes the phrase privacy friendly pointless. I'm getting tired of StartPage's pathetic excuses for having a worse service that it had a couple of years ago. Also, I can't use StartPage anymore unless I allow JavaScript and finish captcha puzzles, which is a privacy nightmare already.
July 25, 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Startpage.com
Hi Ena - thanks for providing this feedback.
We applaud our users who increase their privacy by using a VPN and many tell us that they do.
Around the time that you left this review, we had a large jump in abusers using specific VPNs and you were likely connected to a VPN server that was used for abusive purposes. Most of the time, if our users switch to a different server (within VPN provider server options) the situation resolves.
We've been focusing on resolving these issues and hope that you'll give us another try.
If you continue to have issues and would like personal attention to troubleshoot, we'd be happy to help. Feel free to contact us at support@startpage.com.
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Love Startpage, better results than DuckDuckGo and reliable extension!
February 6, 2020
Unprompted review
Reply from Startpage.com
Thank you @Privacy!
We recently completed a brand refresh (see this press release for more info - https://startpage.com/privacy-please/press-releases/announcing-startpages-refreshed-brand) and added some cool new features like a news tab, shopping, currency converter, calculator, stock info, package tracking and many other cool new additions. And...we have a new Privacy Extension coming in the next couple of weeks!
If you have any questions about Startpage, please let us know by contacting us at support@startpage.com. Thanks again!
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October 7, 2019
Unprompted review
Tracking free version of Google
This is basically a tracking free version of Google search, it provides the same results without spying on you.
June 16, 2019
Unprompted review
The best privacy search engine
Great, safe browser. Looks better than DuckDuckGo and has better search algorithm than Quant.
May 4, 2019
Unprompted review
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My go to browser!
December 4, 2018
Unprompted review
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