Reviews for Startpage — Private Search Engine
Startpage — Private Search Engine by Startpage
52 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Sage, 5 months agohavent been able to use for days on and off because my ip was flagged/blocked, annoying. hope its fixed soon. startpage is my go-to for general browsing but features are more limited in things like maps and shopping
Developer response
posted 5 months agoSorry you’ve had difficulty using Startpage! Please write to support@startpage.com, who can help get you unblocked. And we’re working on enhancements to our maps and shopping offerings, so stay tuned.
As you may know, Startpage is subjected to automated abuse and scraping on a daily basis, which can be very costly financially and in terms of system performance. Accordingly, we have strong anti-abuse measures in place, which we continually work hard to improve. In some instances, normal users like you will set off one of our rules.
Thanks for your patience and for caring about privacy. - Rated 1 out of 5by leric, 6 months agoStartpage war bis vor kurzem meine liebste Suchmaschine.
Jetzt kann ich allerdings wegen irgendeiner Überprüfung nach einer Captcha-Validierung, die dauernd fehlschlägt, keine Suchen mehr über Startpage tätigen und muss entsprechend andere Suchmaschinen nutzen. Das stört und da sich offenbar nichts tut, werde ich Startpage leider entfernen, kann keine Empfehlung aussprechen und muss mich nach einer funktionierenden Alternative umsehen.Developer response
posted 6 months agoStartpage ist täglich automatisiertem Missbrauch und Scraping ausgesetzt, was sehr kostenintensiv sein kann. Daher haben wir strenge Maßnahmen zur Missbrauchsbekämpfung eingeführt, an denen wir aber auch ständig nacharbeiten. Hin und wieder treffen diese Maßnahmen aber eben leider auch legitime User, wie eben in Ihrem Fall.
Wenn Sie hier möglicherweise einen Fehler gefunden haben oder glauben, dass Sie fälschlicherweise gesperrt wurden, zögern Sie bitte nicht, uns unter support@startpage.com zu kontaktieren. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Nachricht! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17699252, 7 months agoThere is no option for a zero rating. I guess we don't have to worry about Startpage selling our data to advertising companies. They are there own advertising company. Much easier to just keep it all in-house.
Performance wise, its about the same speed as duckduckgo, the Amazon private search engine. It doesn't play well with security addons. Funny how software and addons that block trackers, ads, fingerprinting, etc. seem to interfere with Startpage. Pages don't load sometimes or load with errors, but disabling addons allows things to function normally. If I turn off all my adblockers, it works really well, almost as well as Google itself. Gotta wonder whats going on under the hood with Startpage.Developer response
posted 7 months agoIn January 2019, Startpage became a part of System1 and continues to be headquartered in the Netherlands. As promised, we have kept all our commitments never to change our privacy practices as well as adding more helpful private search features. We do not collect or share personal data with anyone, including other divisions within System1.
This article contains a detailed explanation on the various contractual privacy protections we’ve put in place as a System1 company: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/5194985436948
And in an effort to provide further transparency we make available our private search data flow,
detailing how personal data is protected: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4455570359188
Lastly, in regards to privacy add-ons, we generally find performance and functionality holds up pretty well with a host of different add-ons. If you are experiencing an issue with one or more of them, feel free to contact us at support@startpage.com. - Rated 1 out of 5by KDV, 7 months agovery unfortunately, now their service and web site is down.
it was a really cool project with great prospects and promises...
R.I.P, StartpageDeveloper response
posted 7 months agoSorry you experienced an outage. We aren’t aware of any site downtime and no one else has reported any. It would be helpful for us to know what you saw, and when, so if you would be willing, contact us at support@startpage.com and let us know what your experience was. Thanks for caring about privacy! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17809626, 9 months agoTartpage=StopPage !!!
Fuyez : Pas du tout adapté à firefox
Run away: Not at all suitable for firefox
Me demande souvent un CAPTCHA de fou !...
NON JE NE SUIS PAS UN ROBOT !!!!Developer response
posted 9 months agoClever! Hadn’t thought of StopPage 🙂
Startpage is subjected to automated abuse and scraping on a daily basis, which can be very costly financially and in terms of system performance. Accordingly, we have strong anti-abuse measures in place, which we continually work hard to improve. In some instances, normal users will set off one of our rules and be asked to verify they are not a bot.
At the time of your review, some users were experiencing a brief outage, a matter we quickly resolved. Please let us know if you continue to experience any issues. We hope you’ll choose to stick with Startpage. And if this works for you, maybe you would be open to reconsidering your rating.
Thanks for caring about privacy! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12624990, 10 months agoStartpage is owned by an Data-Marketing company!
Developer response
posted 10 months agoIn January 2019, Startpage became a part of System1 and continues to be headquartered in the Netherlands. As promised, we have kept all our commitments never to change our privacy practices as well as adding more helpful private search features.
Please read this support article for a detailed explanation on the various contractual privacy protections we’ve put in place as a System1 company: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/5194985436948
In an effort to provide further transparency we make available our private search data flow,
detailing how personal data is protected: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4455570359188
Please contact us at support@startpage.com if you have further questions. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13156335, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Publius Maximus, a year agoSeveral years ago I endorsed StartPage, but I dropped my endorsement when System 1 (an ad tech company) acquired both StartPage and the WaterFox browser. Beware. There is no telling what they may do with your data.
Developer response
posted 10 months agoIn January 2019, Startpage became a part of System1 and continues to be headquartered in the Netherlands. As promised, we have kept all our commitments to maintain all of our privacy practices as well as adding more helpful private search features.
Please read this support article for a detailed explanation on the various contractual privacy protections we’ve put in place as a System1 company: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/5194985436948
In an effort to provide further transparency we make available our private search data flow,
detailing how personal data is protected: https://support.startpage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4455570359188
And you can read Waterfox’s statement here: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1
Please contact us at support@startpage.com if you have further questions. - Rated 1 out of 5by SuperFly, a year agoBecome a Captcha-Pro with Startpage. Simply fill in a timed, multiple choice categorical questionnaire web-page detailing your specific VPN, ad-blocker or content blocker, device-identity changer, whether connected to TOR and other useful IDENTITY and TRACKING details - then its Captcha time. Time run out before you could finish the form and captcha? SURPRISE! Every time you use Startpage you fill out the questionable form and solve at least 1 captcha.
Developer response
posted 10 months agoUnfortunately, Startpage is subjected to automated abuse and scraping on a daily basis, which can be very costly financially and in terms of system performance; a lot of that traffic originates on VPNs and TOR. Accordingly, we have strong anti-abuse measures in place, which we continually work hard to improve. In some instances, normal users will set off one of our rules and be asked to verify they are not a bot.
If you have been incorrectly blocked, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@startpage.com. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15142503, a year agoYo tenía la extensión en español, pero de repente esta desapareció de mi navegador y al reinstalar la extensión solo me pone la versión en inglés, quiero de vuelta el startpage en español.
Developer response
posted 10 months agoNosotros solo proporcionamos Startpage Privacy Protection en Ingles y Alemán. Puede ser que hay otro problema con tu configuración o que instalo otra extensión. Por favor contacts nuestro equipo de apoyo a support@startpage.com y te podemos ayudar con las configuraciones para que tengas acceso a Startpage en Español. - Rated 1 out of 5by halfAsleep0451, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by aths, 2 years agoIt seriously shows ads first in the search results. I always need to scroll past the ads to reach the actual results. It refuses to show the search results & gets broken, when ads-block or similar extensions like no-script are in action. Quite unexpected behavior considering the name "private search engine".
Developer response
posted 10 months agoThanks for trying Startpage. Ads are how we are able to provide a free private service. It might interest you to know that the team has been hard at work overhauling and improving the search experience. Among those improvements launching this month will be a reduced-ad experience on mobile.
From time to time, we do test the performance of our search results with extensions like the ones you mention and we haven’t found any major issues. In responding to your comment, we tested with several, including NoScript, and were able to pull up results just fine. With NoScript, the menus above the results disappeared, but that is to be expected unless you add us as a trusted domain. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at support@startpage.com.
Thanks for caring about privacy! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13496425, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 11888982, 2 years agoHängt sich während der Installation auf. Lässt sich nicht installieren.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Dark Thoughts, 3 years agoHaving to solve a freaking captcha for every damn search, because I am using a VPN and / or private mode, is absolutely not reasonable.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16403751, 3 years agostartpage blockt wiederholt suchanfragen bei VPN Nutzung mit der Behauptung: "zu viele Suchanfragen in kurzer Zeit..."ein echtes nogo!
- Rated 1 out of 5by MYOB, 3 years agoWARNING...SUSPECT SCaMMER/SPAMMER ADD ON....Works maybe one is a dozen times otherwise a stupid message appears asking how you are 'working'....personally think it is either a spamming system or a scamming system and have now blocked it from our devices. Also have doubts about authenticity of claims that user data is secure.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13126925, 3 years agoThis is it. I done with this CAPTCHA checking :
Just checking ...
Settings Support Mail
As part of StartPage's ongoing mission to provide the best experience for our users, we occasionally need to confirm that you are a legitimate user. Completing the CAPTCHA below helps us reduce abuse and improve the quality of our services.
Thank you, The StartPage Team
Please enter the text below to continue using StartPage. - Rated 1 out of 5by nytro, 4 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Flume, 4 years agoStarts to block questions from TOR or open proxies, just like google. No longer useable for me and i no longer trust them. Now owned by a advertisment agency.
- Rated 1 out of 5by DailySurfer, 4 years agoWARNING! An advertising company called System1 has now huge impact on data collection of each user using Startpage because System1 has become majority shareholder. Do not use this search machine anymore!
Information:
(English):
https://www.datingnews.com/industry-trends/startpage-new-tools-allow-daters-to-browse-anonymously/
https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group/
(German): https://tarnkappe.info/startpage-verkauft-firmen-anteile-an-system1-llc/.
Good alternatives are still DuckDuckgo (is subject to US-law) or with regards to European data protection regulations, the French search machine Qwant. - Rated 1 out of 5by fromCharCode, 4 years agoStartpage cannot be considered protecting your data anymore, since they are sold to system1 - a company earning money with personalized advertisement.
DO NOT USE THIS SEARCHENGINE!