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- Infotiger and seekport are improving.
- Right Dao seems to be missing recent results compared to others in its
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These engines pass most of the tests listed in the "methodology" section. All of them seem relatively privacy-friendly. I wouldn't recommend using these engines to find specific answers; they're better for learning about a topic by finding interesting pages related to a set of keywords. These engines pass most of the tests listed in the "methodology" section. All of them seem relatively privacy-friendly. I wouldn't recommend using these engines to find specific answers; they're better for learning about a topic by finding interesting pages related to a set of keywords.
* Right Dao: very fast, good results. Passes the tests fairly well. It plans on including query-based ads if/when its userbase grows.⁸ For the past few months, its index seems to have focused more on large, established sites rather than smaller, independent ones. * Right Dao: very fast, good results. Passes the tests fairly well. It plans on including query-based ads if/when its userbase grows.⁸ For the past few months, its index seems to have focused more on large, established sites rather than smaller, independent ones. It seems to be a bit lacking in more recent pages.
=> https://rightdao.com Right Dao => https://rightdao.com Right Dao
* Gigablast: It’s been around for a while and also sports a classic web directory. Searches are a bit slow, and it charges to submit sites for crawling. It powers Private.sh. Gigablast is tied with Right Dao for quality. * Gigablast: It’s been around for a while and also sports a classic web directory. Searches are a bit slow, and it charges to submit sites for crawling. It powers Private.sh. Gigablast is tied with Right Dao for quality.
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These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work well enough. These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work well enough.
* seekport: The interface is in German but it supports searching in English just fine. The default language is selected by your locale. It’s really good considering its small index; it hasn’t heard of less common terms (e.g. “Seirdy”), but it’s able to find relevant results in other tests. The server does not support TLS. * Infotiger: My favorite engine in this section. It offers advanced result filtering and sports a somewhat large index. It allows site submission for English and German pages. The fastest-improving engine in this section; I look forward to the day it "graduates" to the previous section. Infotiger also has a Tor hidden service.
* seekport: The interface is in German but it supports searching in English just fine. The default language is selected by your locale. It’s really good considering its small index; it hasn’t heard of less common terms. but it’s able to find relevant results in other tests. It's the second-fastest-improving engines in this section.
* Exalead: slow, quality is hit-and-miss. Its indexer claims to crawl the DMOZ directory, which has since shut down and been replaced by the Curlie directory. No relevant results for “Oppenheimer” and some other history-related queries. Allows submitting individual URLs for indexing, but requires solving a Google reCAPTCHA and entering an email address. * Exalead: slow, quality is hit-and-miss. Its indexer claims to crawl the DMOZ directory, which has since shut down and been replaced by the Curlie directory. No relevant results for “Oppenheimer” and some other history-related queries. Allows submitting individual URLs for indexing, but requires solving a Google reCAPTCHA and entering an email address.
* ExactSeek: small index, disproportionately dominated by big sites. Failed multiple tests. Allows submitting individual URLs for crawling, but requires entering an email address and receiving a newsletter. Webmaster tools seem to heavily push for paid SEO options. It also powers SitesOnDisplay and Blog-search.com. * ExactSeek: small index, disproportionately dominated by big sites. Failed multiple tests. Allows submitting individual URLs for crawling, but requires entering an email address and receiving a newsletter. Webmaster tools seem to heavily push for paid SEO options. It also powers SitesOnDisplay and Blog-search.com.
* Infotiger: A small index that seems to find relevant results. It allows site submission for English and German pages. It also features a "similarity" search to query pages similar to a given link, with mixed results.
=> http://www.seekport.com/ seekport (HTTP only) => https://infotiger.com/ Infotiger
=> https://www.exalead.com/search/ Exalead => http://infotiger4xywbfq45mvd5drh43jpqeurakg2ya7gqwvjf2bbwnixzqd.onion/ Infotiger hidden service
=> https://curlie.org Curlie => http://www.seekport.com/ seekport (HTTP only)
=> https://www.exactseek.com/ ExactSeek => https://www.exalead.com/search/ Exalead
=> https://alpha.infotiger.com/ Infotiger => https://curlie.org Curlie
=> https://www.exactseek.com/ ExactSeek
* Burf.co: Very small index, but seems fine at ranking more relevant results higher. Allows site submission without any extra steps. * Burf.co: Very small index, but seems fine at ranking more relevant results higher. Allows site submission without any extra steps.
* Entfer: a newcomer that lets registered users upvote/downvote search results to customize ranking. Doesn't offer much information about who made it. Its index is small, but it does seem to return results related to the query. * Entfer: a newcomer that lets registered users upvote/downvote search results to customize ranking. Doesn't offer much information about who made it. Its index is small, but it does seem to return results related to the query.

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### Smaller indexes, hit-and-<wbr />miss {#smaller-indexes-hit-and-miss} ### Smaller indexes, hit-and-<wbr />miss {#smaller-indexes-hit-and-miss}
These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work well enough. These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work well enough for users who'd like some more serendipity in less-specific searches.
[Infotiger](https://alpha.infotiger.com/)
: My favorite engine in this section. It offers advanced result filtering and sports a somewhat large index. It allows site submission for English and German pages. The fastest-improving engine in this section: I use it often to discover new sites, and look forward to the day it "graduates" to the previous section. [Infotier has a Tor hidden service](http://infotiger4xywbfq45mvd5drh43jpqeurakg2ya7gqwvjf2bbwnixzqd.onion/).
[seekport](http://www.seekport.com/) [seekport](http://www.seekport.com/)
: The interface is in German but it supports searching in English just fine. The default language is selected by your locale. It's really good considering its small index; it hasn't heard of less common terms (e.g. "Seirdy"), but it's able to find relevant results in other tests. : The interface is in German but it supports searching in English just fine. The default language is selected by your locale. It’s really good considering its small index; it hasn’t heard of less common terms. but it’s able to find relevant results in other tests. It's the second-fastest-improving engines in this section.
[Exalead](https://www.exalead.com/search/) [Exalead](https://www.exalead.com/search/)
: Slow, quality is hit-and-miss. Its indexer claims to crawl the DMOZ directory, which has since shut down and been replaced by the [Curlie](https://curlie.org) directory. No relevant results for "Oppenheimer" and some other history-related queries. Allows submitting individual URLs for indexing, but requires solving a Google reCAPTCHA and entering an email address. : Slow, quality is hit-and-miss. Its indexer claims to crawl the DMOZ directory, which has since shut down and been replaced by the [Curlie](https://curlie.org) directory. No relevant results for "Oppenheimer" and some other history-related queries. Allows submitting individual URLs for indexing, but requires solving a Google reCAPTCHA and entering an email address.
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[ExactSeek](https://www.exactseek.com/) [ExactSeek](https://www.exactseek.com/)
: Small index, disproportionately dominated by big sites. Failed multiple tests. Allows submitting individual URLs for crawling, but requires entering an email address and receiving a newsletter. Webmaster tools seem to heavily push for paid <abbr title="search-engine optimization">SEO</abbr> options. It also powers SitesOnDisplay and [Blog-<wbr />search.com](https://www.blog-search.com). : Small index, disproportionately dominated by big sites. Failed multiple tests. Allows submitting individual URLs for crawling, but requires entering an email address and receiving a newsletter. Webmaster tools seem to heavily push for paid <abbr title="search-engine optimization">SEO</abbr> options. It also powers SitesOnDisplay and [Blog-<wbr />search.com](https://www.blog-search.com).
[Infotiger](https://alpha.infotiger.com/)
: A small index that seems to find relevant results. It allows site submission for English and German pages. It also features a "similarity" search to query pages similar to a given link, with mixed results.
[Burf.co](https://burf.co/) [Burf.co](https://burf.co/)
: Very small index, but seems fine at ranking more relevant results higher. Allows site submission without any extra steps. : Very small index, but seems fine at ranking more relevant results higher. Allows site submission without any extra steps.