killamch89 Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, StaceyPowers said: I like Ecosia. It plants trees. First time I've ever heard of it - how long have you been using it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Just now, killamch89 said: First time I've ever heard of it - how long have you been using it? Well over a year now. It struggles with image search sometimes and with specific niche queries (i.e. some video game questions), but for most random searches, it has been just fine. It plants a tree for every 45 searches or so. I am up to several hundred at least now. It keeps a counter as well in case you are curious about your approximate tree contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, StaceyPowers said: Well over a year now. It struggles with image search sometimes and with specific niche queries (i.e. some video game questions), but for most random searches, it has been just fine. It plants a tree for every 45 searches or so. I am up to several hundred at least now. It keeps a counter as well in case you are curious about your approximate tree contribution. That sounds awesome! I'll definitely check it out one of these days because I like projects that give back to nature. StaceyPowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Yes ecosia plants trees, though none of us have validated their progress. https://www.ecosia.org/ it could be like those freerice type of the sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 6 hours ago, StaceyPowers said: Well over a year now. It struggles with image search sometimes and with specific niche queries (i.e. some video game questions), but for most random searches, it has been just fine. It plants a tree for every 45 searches or so. I am up to several hundred at least now. It keeps a counter as well in case you are curious about your approximate tree contribution. If these are still the challenges the browser faces, I'm not sure if I would be comfortable with making use of it because I would still be forced to incorporate the use of other browsers with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 17 hours ago, Heatman said: If these are still the challenges the browser faces, I'm not sure if I would be comfortable with making use of it because I would still be forced to incorporate the use of other browsers with it. I mean, there are some things that just can't be found on DuckDuckgo so I'll use Startpage or Google search if needed so it's not an uncommon practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 4 hours ago, killamch89 said: I mean, there are some things that just can't be found on DuckDuckgo so I'll use Startpage or Google search if needed so it's not an uncommon practice. Seriously - It's far more better to get one that offers at least 90% of all the features that you mostly use to make your life a little easier for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 8/28/2021 at 7:21 AM, killamch89 said: I mean, there are some things that just can't be found on DuckDuckgo so I'll use Startpage or Google search if needed so it's not an uncommon practice. duckduckgo is not yet localized and name is cheesy. they have to really get short name for it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 42 minutes ago, skyfire said: duckduckgo is not yet localized and name is cheesy. they have to really get short name for it work. It's really one hell of funny name "duckduckgo". I have tried saying it out loud and some people are looking at like what's going on with him 😂. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 You can make use of the short name too. Like duck.co that also works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Wow - if they set it up to work using short words like duck.co as well, then they really did have nice backup plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 They are also found in most of the linux devices as a default search engine. On the point of search engine, do check out the ecosia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 2:36 AM, killamch89 said: That sounds awesome! I'll definitely check it out one of these days because I like projects that give back to nature. There is always a need to have variety when it comes to what you can make use of which gives you better alternatives if one isn't working as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Heatman said: There is always a need to have variety when it comes to what you can make use of which gives you better alternatives if one isn't working as expected. Yeah - that's how I always approach life so that I won't be held back by anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 5 hours ago, killamch89 said: Yeah - that's how I always approach life so that I won't be held back by anything... There was a search engine called Ask.com that I used to make use of back in the days. I'm not sure if it's anyway affiliated with Google. Do you know about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
