Kyiv Kyiv Kyiv I see it everywhere, where the fuck did this come from? My whole life the spelling was always Kiev. I am in my late 30's and have always had an interest in both geography and history.
My guess is it is so when people google it they automatically get "approved sources" with the new spelling, and anything with the spelling I am more familiar with will be deemed old fashioned. I imagine this is not the first time they've tried something like this. Am I the only one that is driven mad by this sudden new spelling?
And if you know these changes, it helps you find the old sources more easily.
I use https://swisscows.com , https://qwant.com , and https://yandex.com and rarely use Google anymore. I obtain much better search results.
Swiss Cows is great as long as your search terms don't contain swear words.
Thanks! I’ve been using duck duck go for two years now... any thoughts on that one?
I miss altavista and hotbot because i’m an oldfag.
Duckduckgo seems to rely on Google and Bing results to generate much of its search results, which is why I use those other search engines.
From a privacy standpoint, it seems OK.
Thanks, tpop