Search the Web - ENG 102- Schneider - 2025 Spring - LibGuides at St. Louis Community College

Some Possible Open Web Sources

A few tips for better Google results:

to search for a phrase, put "quotation marks" around the phrase
to limit a search to a .org or .gov, type your search then site:.org
to limit a search within a particular website, type your search then site:.url, such as: polar bears site:.stlzoo.org
to make one word more important, type it first. (Remember, there is a difference between show dogs and dogs show!)

www.duckduckgo.com
DuckDuckGo's motto is "Privacy, simplified." If you don't like Google (or others) tracking (and storing!) your data and bothering you with targeted advertising, try DuckDuckGo! It will not store your personal information and it won't send you targeted ads. If you would like it to be your default search engine, you can use Google Chrome extension.
www.ecosia.com/
Ecosia uses the money from advertising to plant trees! You can see how many trees in total have been planted; but, you can also track how many trees have been planted from your searching. Ecosia does value privacy. Searches are encrypted and are not stored permanently or externally tracked. You can also turn off all Ecosia tracking (tree count will be lost) if you so desire. It, too, has a Google Chrome extension.
www.dogpile.com
Dogpile incorporates the search functionality of multiple search engines (including Google and Yahoo!), eliminates duplication, and returns the results in relevance ranking. Dogpile does track, store, and harvest searching data, so be aware!
The Google Chrome extension does provide some privacy; however, per the extension: Sites you visit from our search engine results page may log your usage per their site terms and conditions. Further, if requested by court order, records or logs will be made available, to law enforcement and investigative agencies.