List of search engines
https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/
Link to list of searchengines, provided by irenesteam in the comments
Old post text for history. This post turned out to become quite a mess.
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https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/
That link mentions every search engine which is already on your list plus a whole lot more search engines. That link's list is regularly maintained. It may be one of the most comprehensive lists which you will be able to find.
that is much better than anything i could have hoped to achieve with this post. Though now i wonder what i should even do with the post since its pretty much useless now beyond sharing the link you provided.
Its probably best to just store the old text away in spoiler tags and put your link to the top so its easy to find, i'll credit you for providing it.
You could certainly put in some time to review various search engines against a set of criteria. Since we are in the Privacy forum, I would think you could consider looking at privacy aspects.
For example, the following website does some simple evaluation by listing their criteria. But their list of reviewed search engines is far from complete. https://privacy-checkup.info/en/recommendations/search-engines One nice touch is they listed when a search engine is hosted on Big Tech services, meaning that Big Tech will still be watching what you do.
A good website to see what servers are being used by a website can be found at the following link, giving you a useful criterion to start with. https://hosting-checker.net/
You could also use a tool to see if third party JavaScript connections get made when visiting a website, which might indicate additional tracking is being done. One possible way is to install https://ublockorigin.com/ and use the "I am an Advanced user" option. Listing these third party JavaScript connections could be your second criteria.
If you are willing to put in the time, I think it would be a useful and unique contribution to the Internet to evaluate a lot of search engines for their privacy aspects.
that is good idea
