Comments on: Ask to allow anonymous Web search

By using the new AskEraser tool, users will be able to set their privacy preferences so the search engine does not retain their Web search history.

[dondarko]

you can use Tor network

to surf anonymously but it is a bit slower.

[drpruner]

Nitpicking:

Good, useful stories; very little on Paris. :-)

HOWEVER, there is still a place for spellchecking:
"miniscule number of users" reflects an easy-to-make error which software never misses.

BTW I use ask.com almost exclusively and I like the recent improvements, so the story is useful.

[meyersm]

thanks, fixing

Thanks for pointing out the issue of miniscule vs. minuscule. Merriam-Webster tells us that modern day associations with "mini" have produced miniscule as a spelling variant of minuscule. But, it adds, "This variant dates to the end of the 19th century, and it now occurs commonly in published writing, but it continues to be widely regarded as an error." So we have made the fix.

[bob donut]

I'm switching to Ask

I value my privacy enough that I don't want Google doing things with my data.

Google made a major mistake with this one. They allowed another search engine to seize the opportunity.

We should all support Ask to make sure that they keep this up.

[Newspeak finder]

Switch to Ask

Well done to Ask.

It will be interesting to see how many people stay with companies
who won't do what they want.

[cascadia4]

Bye Google

Yep, I'm definitely going to switch to Ask.

[Robert E.G. Beens]

Ixquick.com

Dear reader,

None of this is new to http://ixquick.com. Although a relatively small search engine we are considered the industry leader when it comes to search Privacy. As a rule, we delete our users' IP addresses within 48 hrs and do NOT store any unique user ID cookies.
This has been our practice since June 2006, when we became the world's first search engine to take this pioneering step.

You can find more information on Ixquick and our privacy policy at:
http://us.ixquick.com/eng/protect_privacy.html
http://us.ixquick.com/eng/privacy-policy.html

Please feel free to contact us for additional information.

Sincerely,

Robert E.G. Beens
CEO Ixquick.com