Search Choices When Your District Blocks Google Search

May 24, 2023

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Late final week I received the next electronic mail from a reader:

Just lately our district blocked Google Search. My lecturers are frantic as to what to make use of for child analysis and many others….What are a few of your go to go looking/analysis web sites that don’t hyperlink to Google?

My first sarcastic thought was to Google some ideas 🙂 However I did not want to do this as a result of options to Google search is a subject that I’ve coated in lots of posts through the years. If you end up in search of options to Google search, listed below are some choices to attempt.

Bing

Bing might be the obvious various to Google search. In a side-by-side comparability you will in all probability discover a variety of similarities within the rating of internet sites by Bing and Google.

The most recent model of Bing features a chat perform that’s powered by ChatGPT. With this perform enabled you’ll be able to search and get ends in the standard method or you’ll be able to view ends in a way that’s conversational. As you’ll be able to see in my demo that’s embedded beneath, utilizing the chat-enabled search perform in Bing may get you the data you need somewhat sooner than simply clicking via hyperlinks on a search outcomes web page. Watch this video for an indication of the right way to use Bing with ChatGPT.

DuckDuckGo

Duck Duck Go is a substitute for Google search and Bing search. The corporate claims to not observe search exercise. Once more, in a side-by-side comparability with Google you’d in all probability discover a variety of similarities within the rating of internet sites. There are some search refinement instruments in Duck Duck Go. An outline of Duck Duck Go search refinement instruments is included on this video.

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha is a computational search engine. Meaning it’s not a search engine designed to rank web sites like Bing, Google, and DuckDuckGo. It is in all probability finest recognized for serving to college students resolve math issues. There’s rather more to it than fixing math issues. Wolfram Alpha can be utilized to generate reality sheets, make comparisons, and rather more. My temporary overview of utilizing Wolfram Alpha for social research classes is included in this video.