Top Hidden Search Engines That Google Doesn't Want You to Know About

Will help you save searching time and get the best results possible.

Google's search engine is so powerful that it hides other search engines from us. We simply don't know that most of them exist.

Meanwhile, there are still many excellent search engines in the world specializing in books, science, and other intelligent information.

Keep a list of sites you may have never heard of (it's not an exhaustive list):

Search Engines (with our comments 🥹)

1. DuckDuckGo: Known for its privacy-focused search, DuckDuckGo provides relevant results without tracking your searches. (our favorite🥇)

2. StartPage: Another privacy-oriented search engine that delivers Google search results without tracking. (hackers choice 👻)

3. Bing: Microsoft's search engine offers a wide range of features and often includes unique search results. (same but different, but same, but slower…🪟🪟)

4. Ecosia: Ecosia is a search engine that uses its ad revenue to plant trees. It's a great choice for eco-conscious users.🌲🌲

5. Qwant: Qwant is a privacy-focused search engine based in Europe, offering a range of features while respecting user privacy.🫡

6. Yandex: Yandex is a Russian search engine with a strong presence in Russia and neighboring countries. It offers web search, maps, and more. 🇷🇺🪆

7. Swisscows: This search engine, based in Switzerland, prioritizes privacy and data protection while delivering reliable results. (At least they try it...🙈🙉🙊)

8. Mojeek: A UK-based search engine that indexes web pages and delivers privacy-focused search results. 🍵

9. Gibiru: Gibiru is a privacy-oriented search engine that doesn't store users' search history. (It's worth it to give it a try and spend some time on it, we like 🤙)

For Intelligent Information:

1. Wolfram Alpha: A computational search engine that provides answers to factual queries across a wide range of topics.

2. RefSeek: A search engine for academic resources, including scholarly articles, books, and web resources.

3. BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine): Is one of the most powerful search engines for academic texts. Over 100 million scientific articles, 70% of which are free.

4. WorldWideScience: Allows you to search global science databases, including scientific journals, reports, and patents.

For Science:

1. Google Scholar: Focuses on scholarly articles, theses, books, and conference papers across various disciplines.

2. PubMed: Specializes in biomedical and life sciences research articles.

3. arXiv: A preprint repository for research papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, and other fields.

4. JSTOR: Provides access to academic journals, books, and primary source materials in various disciplines.

5. Science.gov: A gateway to U.S. government science information, offering access to research and development over 2.200 results.

For Books/Documents:

1. Pdfdrive is the largest site for free PDF book downloads. It claims over 225 million titles.

2. Google Books: Allows you to search and preview books, magazines, and scholarly articles.

3. Open Library: Provides access to over 1.7 million ebooks that you can borrow or read for free.

4. Project Gutenberg: Offers over 60,000 free ebooks, primarily consisting of older literary works.

5. Library Genesis (LibGen): Offers a vast collection of scientific articles, books, and more.

6. WorldCat: Helps you find books, other materials and contents 20,000 libraries worldwide.

7. Springer Link - access to over 10 million scientific documents: books, articles,

8. Bioline is a library of published bioscience journals.

9. Base Search is one of the most powerful search engines for academic texts. Over 100 million scientific articles, 70% of which are free.

10. RePec - volunteers from 102 countries have collected nearly 4 million publications.

Remember that the effectiveness of a search engine can depend on your specific needs and preferences, so it's worth trying a few of these to see which one aligns best with your requirements.

Next one we will talk about AI