Here are some alternative search engines to Google’s Search for US and Canada users that have a similar quality level for search results but often fewer ads or provide other features:
1. DuckDuckGo – Founded in 2008, DuckDuckGo is known around the world as the privacy-first search engine. Not only do they encrypt all search activity, but they also do not keep a record of your search history anywhere. This reduces their ability to suggest personalized results tailored to you or to show you post results you’ve searched for, but makes the engine highly unique.
2. Ecosia – Powered by Google’s largest rival in search, Microsoft, this engine offers quality search results that make a positive environmental impact. Ecosia donates a portion of revenue they make to plant trees. As of publishing the service had planted 117,579,750 trees reducing climate impacts and even helping to make harsh areas like Burkina Faso fertile again. The search engine also claims to remove 1kg of carbon-dioxide from the air with each search. While the results are powered by Microsoft, Ecosia claims to also protect the privacy of users promising to not use third-party data trackers and anonymizing user data one-week after a search is performed.
