Startpage Privacy focused search engine
StartpageSearch Apparently distinct from Startpage, with a very useful “Search site” button
Brave Privacy focused search engine
DuckDuckGo No-tracking search engine
Disconnect Search A privacy-oriented meta search
Perplexity AI-assisted search engine (pressures you to pay)
Mojeek Independent with its own web crawler
Qwant Independent search blended with Bing results
Openverse Search copyright-free images, audio
Tineye The original reverse image search
Wolfram Alpha Mathematical search engine
Google Custom Search Brew your own specialized search
Deanna’s Lair Resources A whole battery of Google Custom Searches
Dogpile A meta search across several major engines
Swisscows Privacy focused, family friendly
Million Short Shortcuts to lower-ranked search results (and a paywall after baiting you to create an account)
Shodan Search for Internet-connected devices
Marginalia Search Prioritizes non-commercial content
Gibiru Uncensored private search
Boardreader Search blogs and forums
Yippy Another meta search engine
Webcrawler One of the oldest search engines!
Lycos Another very early search engine!
Ask.com Remember the infamous “Ask Toolbar?”
Yahoo Search It’s back!
Goodsearch Yahoo!-powered search that donates to non-profits
RefSeek Science search engine