Despite the best efforts of others, it has come down to two search engines vying for attention: Google and DuckDuckGo. Depending on your needs and priorities, Google may not be the best search engine. DuckDuckGo is quickly gaining users due to its focus on privacy, especially in contrast to the all-seeing eyes of Google. We’ve reviewed the search engines for you so you can confidently determine the best one.

For many, Google is like the slightly obnoxious coworker that everyone tolerates because they do a good job. The extent to which Google tracks you is as astonishing as it is endemic to the use of its services.

DuckDuckGo has been working on privacy for years. DuckDuckGo's claim to fame is that it keeps (almost) nothing about you. But this could affect its search capabilities.

Google’s searches are, without a doubt, top-notch. The search engine has an undeniable intuition for what you actually wanted to search for. It can decode a jumbled series of misspelled search terms and somehow return exactly what you were hoping for. That’s what all its tracking makes possible: the fastest, most accurate search results. But it’s not the only game in town.