swarfendor437 Â Â 14 #1 Posted July 20, 2019 Hi everyone, My index page on my website is constructed to comply with EU regulations on Cookies which offers visitors to Accept that a cookie will be placed on their machine or Reject if they don't want to enter the site. Originally I had set the reject button to take visitors to ixquick.co.uk - this has now changed to: Â https://www.startpage.com/ Â What I can't understand is is that they are (from the blurb) paying Google to use their search engine without the garbage - which begs the question - who is paying Google and how are they benefitting in the long-run? I've never heard of anyone giving something they have paid for without some reimbursement to cover the costs? Perhaps their development of other products is going to be the way forward - might have to redirect to 'DuckDuckGo' instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DeZeus   11 #2 Posted July 20, 2019 Redirect to your own local designed 404 page Or just to any local isps page    Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437   14 #3 Posted July 21, 2019 Think I'll change it to DuckDuckGo but thanks for the suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mikes10 Â Â 10 #4 Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) There is a lengthy article comparing DDG and Startpage on the following link: http://securityspread.com/2016/10/24/duckduckgo-startpage-2016-update/ Â Â If using Firefox as your browser you may want to consider enabling DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH). [I have and have not had any issues, I used method 1 as described in the article]. Info on the following link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-enable-dns-over-https-doh-in-firefox/ Â Â Â Edited July 21, 2019 by Mikes10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437 Â Â 14 #5 Posted July 25, 2019 Great information Mike - many thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...