[Public] Fwd: Startpage vs Google

[Sven Schmidt]

Sucht man dann nicht in der Startpage bubbre? Da Google Startpage und deren Suchanfragen tracken kann.


On 21.06.2013, at 13:06, Constantin Berhard <constantin at exxxtremesys.lu> wrote:

> Am letzten HackMi hatte ich mit ein paar Leuten über startpage results vs google results gesprochen. Auf meine daraufhin getätigte Supportanfrage an Startpage (ganz unten) habe ich die folgende Antwort erhalten:
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:	Your feedback to Startpage
> Date:	Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:47:10 -0500
> From:	support at startpage.com
> To:	constantin at exxxtremesys.lu
> 
> Hi Constantin,
> 
> Thank you for your email and interest in StartPage. At StartPage we strive to give our users the best search experiences we can.
> 
> One of two things may be happening to cause you to receive different StartPage results than what you would receive from Google. 
> 
> The first may involve Google's tailored search feature. Google keeps a record of all of your interests, based on things you write about in your Gmail account, things you search for on their search engine, and other Google services you use. They use this information to pre-select what search results they believe you are actually looking for. The result is that you do not receive "pure" search results, but results that have been tailored, censored, and personalized for you specifically.
> 
> StartPage does not do that. StartPage acts as an intermediary between you and Google, so your searches are completely private. StartPage submits your query to Google anonymously, then returns Google results to you privately. Google never sees you and does not know who made the request; they only see StartPage. Since Google can't determine your interests based on your past search history, you receive standard search results, rather than Google's "personalized" results.
> 
> We believe this is a benefit, rather than a bug.
> 
> The other possibility is that Google may occasionally provide different results to StartPage than to its direct users. Because we act as an intermediary between you and Google, we are dependent on the results Google sends to us. We do not modify these results in any way, but deliver them to you exactly as Google delivers them to us. We have noted that occasionally Google provides different results to StartPage than they offer to the general public, for reasons that are not entirely clear. We believe, however, that the privacy advantages of using StartPage vastly outweigh the occasional difference in results.
> 
> We hope this helps, and that you continue to use StartPage as your regular search engine. When it comes to privacy and security, there's no better place to search on the Internet.
> 
> Oh, and if you haven't already joined our beta tester group for StartMail, our encrypted email service, you can simply go to https://startmail.com and sign up. We look forward to hearing your feedback after you've had a chance to kick the tires a bit.
> 
> Best regards,
> Katie D.
> Startpage.com
> 
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> ________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> Your question to Startpage was:
>  06/19/2013 22:25:30 - [Startpage] Feedback.
> Why do your startpage results differ so much from the Google results?
> 
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