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flat spot
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PostPosted: 18:21 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Viable alternative to goole? Reply with quote
So google is about to start taking and keeping more information than ever before.

What decent alternatives are there? Can I make firefox use a different search engine?
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
To use an alternate search engine, you can click on the Google icon up where it says "Google" in the search field in Firefox (not the address bar) and then select "manage search engines".

https://www.technipages.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dogpile-Firefox-option.png

The main alternatives really are Bing, Yahoo and Ask, but there's others out there :-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines

For privacy, you might want to try DuckDuckGo - https://duckduckgo.com/
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PostPosted: 18:44 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Re: Viable alternative to Goole? Reply with quote
flat spot wrote:
Viable alternative to Goole?


... I'm sure if you use Google Maps, you be able to look at the areas surrounding Goole and make your choices from that.

HTH. Wink Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:12 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Re: Viable alternative to Goole? Reply with quote
Clanger wrote:
flat spot wrote:
Viable alternative to Goole?


... I'm sure if you use Google Maps, you be able to look at the areas surrounding Goole and make your choices from that.

HTH. Wink Thumbs Up

I was going to suggest Crowle. Close enough to goole but fewer smack-heads. Scunthorpe isn't too far away either should you want to lose the will to live completely.
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PostPosted: 21:48 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
In Chrome, go to Options | Basics | Manage search engines

First heard of DuckDuckGo (supid name, BTW) when using Mint 12, and now have it set as the default on all the machines I use.
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PostPosted: 22:13 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Re: Viable alternative to Goole? Reply with quote
Poseidon wrote:
I was going to suggest Crowle. Close enough to goole but fewer smack-heads. Scunthorpe isn't too far away either should you want to lose the will to live completely.


Bah! there's nothing wrong with Scunthorpe. At least it's not in bloody Norfolk.
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PostPosted: 23:21 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
My 'G' is left strafe and a little worn out. Very Happy As opposed to BCF's 'G' who may or may not be worn out.

Right thanks for the info. Get lost google. Mad
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PostPosted: 23:25 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
daemonoid wrote:
Bah! there's nothing wrong with Scunthorpe. At least it's not in bloody Norfolk.


The clue is in the name... scunthorpe. And there's nowt wrong with Norfolk. Lovely people round here! Very family orientated... Wink

Oh and I'm a scunny bunny born and raised. Moved out of there when I was 18 (in other words, as soon as I was able to).
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PostPosted: 23:34 - 04 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remember using Alta Vista for many years but yeah, like above, Bing, Yahoo, Ask are the bigger ones.
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PostPosted: 21:08 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Poseidon wrote:
Oh and I'm a scunny bunny born and raised. Moved out of there when I was 18 (in other words, as soon as I was able to).


I'll let you off then Wink there's a lot of us on here (well 3 that I know of).
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
daemonoid wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
Oh and I'm a scunny bunny born and raised. Moved out of there when I was 18 (in other words, as soon as I was able to).


I'll let you off then Wink there's a lot of us on here (well 3 that I know of).


I wasn't born or raised, but did spend my college years living there, as it was cheaper than travelling the 16miles each way from where I lived (and no, it wasn't in Goole!!) Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:05 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clanger wrote:
I wasn't born or raised, but did spend my college years living there, as it was cheaper than travelling the 16miles each way from where I lived (and no, it wasn't in Goole!!) Laughing

Barton? I used to go there twice a month for a curry (mmm surma...) and drink in the mill or the george.

Or was it Gainsboro'? Nice little town actually, plus there's blyton for your ice-cream on the way to scunny.



Daemon... Yup... True scunthorpian through and through... Westcliff primary, priory lane juniors (only for year6), tommo and leggott. Lived just off wordsworth road for most of my pre-teen years and then we moved to peveril ave (just off glover road/lloyds ave) when I was 9. The beefeater (the queensway) was my local and I spent many a night in henry's (apparently now re-opened) and club2k. I think I'm still barred from "The Mint" (top end of the high street) and I once pulled a very underage girl in "The Britannia" (corner of froddy road and high street, across the road from Schnapps bar, oh and nothing beyond a snog happened, turns out she babysat the kids of someone I worked with at morrisons and she informed my of her real age, and I was only 17 at the time).

My aunt and uncle own a garage down on moorwell road and they opened up the scunthorpe speedway stadium back in 2004. I'm probably going to be popping up there at some point in the springtime to call in on my friends and family. I'll try and drop you a line if you're still in the grotty old town and treat you to a double cone at blyton.
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PostPosted: 22:23 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Poseidon wrote:
Clanger wrote:
I wasn't born or raised, but did spend my college years living there

Barton?
Or was it Gainsboro'?


Neither, but along the A15. Not far from Kirmington Airport. Went to school in Brigg, and North Lindsey college in Scunny. Went to Henry's nighclubbing. Thumbs Up

And Scunny Baths to see some cool bands. Cool
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PostPosted: 23:16 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
In west Philadelphia born and raised. On the playground where I spent most of my days.
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ahh, that way out. I had a mate in howsham that I used to go see quite regular. Used to meet him at the little chef at barnetby top for breakfast.

My old man saw Def Leppard at baths hall a couple of times. The only decent group I saw there was a queen tribute at a college do... I think the band was called The Royal Family. All I remember is that they were bloody brilliant!
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