Startpage – private search engine

Re:Startpage – private search engine by spaceboy on Sunday January 29, 2017 @07:32PM (#13517748)

Does anyone know if there is a considerable difference between https://startpage.com/ and https://eu.startpage.com/ ?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Startpage – private search engine by StartPageSearch on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:37PM (#13523209)

Hi. Do you mean Ixquick.eu? Ixquick.eu is sister to StartPage that delivers metasearch results, but without Google or Yahoo search results. (It used to deliver Yahoo results, too.)

We ended our contract with Yahoo for Ixquick.eu because they were reported to be working with the US government to access user information See: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/startpage-to-dr...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Startpage – private search engine by spaceboy on Monday January 30, 2017 @01:37PM (#13523798)

Thanks for explaining this!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Startpage – private search engine by kobayashi on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:57PM (#13518518)

I believe it's just when you get directed to their European servers. They also use us.startpage.com, as well as some other variations.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Startpage – private search engine by StartPageSearch on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:41PM (#13523257)

Because many users are concerned about using US services and servers, we give StartPage and Ixquick users the option to use servers outside the US.

See: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...

We might also redirect to EU servers automatically in some cases. See: https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Artic...

[ Parent | on HN ]