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5 Search Engines to Find More

Than What Google Shows


Did you know Google doesn't show everything? These
alternative search engines help search the internet in a way
Google won't.
BY MIHIR
PATKAR
AUG 11,
2020

Google is synonymous with searching the web, but did


you know there's a lot that Google isn't showing you?
Here are some alternative search engines to search the
internet in a way Google won't.
There is nothing wrong with Google Search when it
comes to finding web pages. But Google can't search
within your computer and cloud accounts to find a file.
Google also restricts itself to the language you've set.
And why are we helping a corporation get bigger by
handing over data in exchange for them earning ad
revenue?

Break the habit and try one of these search engines


instead.

1. Command E (Windows,
MacOS): Lightning Fast Search
For Local Files And Online
Apps
Command E might finally replace Everything and
Spotlight as the fastest way to find any file on your
computer. Available for both Windows and macOS, this
universal search bar is lightning fast and hooks into oft-
used cloud services.

Currently, Command E connects to accounts on Google


Suite, Github, Slack, Salesforce, Jira, Zendesk, Notion,
Hubspot, Asana, Figma, Evernote, Dropbox, Trello, and
other popular online productivity suites. Once you've
authorized access, give it a few minutes to index, and
then fire up the console by pressing Command+E or
Ctrl+E.
The console enables instant universal search across all
accounts. Type a few characters and you'll start seeing
results, changing on the fly as you type. It's super-fast,
and a treat for keyboard warriors. All your data's file
indexes are stored in an encrypted database on your
computer, to quell privacy concerns. Try it out, you'll fall
in love.

For download links to the Command E apps for Windows


and macOS, you'll need to register on their website,
which triggers the auto-download.

2. Million Short (Web): Search

The Less Popular Results


Do your Google search results look a little too similar
each time, as if the same websites keep showing up?
Search engines prioritize big and popular sites. While
that often gives good results, it also hides the
serendipitous finds of gems in the deep recesses of the
internet. Million Short wants to help you search these
overlooked websites.

The idea of Million Short is to search by eliminating top


sites. When you search any keyword, you have the
option to remove the top 100, 1000, 10,000, 100K, or
one million websites from the results. This will show you

results that you wouldn't easily find on Google or other


big search engines.

Million Short provides further filters to only show or fully


remove e-commerce and live chat sites. You can also
filter results by date and location. It's a fantastic way to
find unique search results that others won't come across,
which is especially useful when you're researching for an
assignment or trying to make an impression with trivia.

3. Hopely (Web): Help Charities


By Searching The Web
Hopely is on a mission to help the world using an activity
we all do every day: search the internet. The idea is so
simple. Every search you do results in ad revenue for
Hopely. The organization will keep half of that revenue,
and donate the other half to charity. Can you imagine
Google or Microsoft Bing promising that?

On the main page, you can choose which charity causes


you'd like to support. The main organizations are Bread
for the World, Doctors Without Borders, and the World
Wildlife Fund. You can pick all three, or only the one you
want to donate to.

The search results are not too different from what you'd
get on Google or other pages. You can even sort results
by images, videos, news, and maps. Hopely doesn't
have additional filters though, like date, video length,
type of site, image resolution and other options that
you'd get on Google.
Still, for a basic regular search engine, Hopely does the
job well enough to consider switching to it and helping
the world. It's an excellent Google search alternative that
feeds real people rather than large corporations. On the

rare occasion that Hopely doesn't give you what you


want, you can always Google it instead.

5 Google Search Alternatives to Find Something New


You don't need to quit Google. But these Google Search alternatives can help you discover new
stuff that you won't see otherwise.

4. Sourceful (Web): Search And


Discover Public Google Docs,
Sheets, Slides
Google Docs gives you the option to make any Doc,
Sheet, or Slide into a publicly viewable file on the

internet. Sourceful finds these files and indexes them to


make a library of public documents, which anyone can
search.

You can refine the search by document, spreadsheet, or


slideshow, and further sort results by Hot, Best, or New.
There are a few popular search results already available
to browse. For example, click "coronavirus" to find
publicly available files about it, like trackers and
statistics, toolkits and checklists, advisories and
presentations, and more.

Sourceful users can also refine the description of each


file, and add tags to make it easier to search. You can
also comment on the results to start a discussion.

If you have an interesting file to share, whether your own


or someone else's, add it to Sourceful.

5. 2Lingual (Web): Search In


Two Languages Simultaneously
The world speaks way more languages than English
alone, and so does the internet. But when you Google
search for an English keyword, you don't see pages in

Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, and several other


languages. 2Lingual is here to fix that, by searching in
two languages simultaneously.

Powered by Google, you can select from a range of


languages from Arabic to Vietnamese. The results
appear side-by-side in two panes, which lets you see the
difference between simple English results and how much
more there is to the subject.

In most cases, you'll need to know how to read the


second language as well. But if you're searching
something regional, you could turn on "automatic query
translation" and try to parse the results. You'll probably
get better local insights that way.

Protect Your Privacy While


Searching

Google and Bing are the leading search engines in the


world, but both are notorious for how little they value
your privacy. They track all your searches, use it to feed
advertising, and you're never in control of where your
data might finally end up.

There are a few other choices for search that protect


their users. DuckDuckGo is the most famous name
among them, with plenty of integrations across platforms.
But you might want to also check out some of the
other best privacy focused search enginesif you're ready
to dump Google for good.

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