How Your Choice of Search Engine(s) and Browser Will Affect Your Perception
MSM & Big Tech are controlling the narrative - you still are accountable for sharing the truth for when the truth does take hold (as it always does), it is your reputation that will be solidified.
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NOTE: We will be referencing this archived tweet in this post. The views in this post are not the views of DDG, their employees, nor of Gabriel Weinberg. This post was originally published 10-Mar-2022 under the title, “On The Gateway Pundit, DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Qwant, and Swiss Cows...“ here in Substack
UPDATE 27-Mar-2022
We were made aware of Jon Hoft’s situation with his website, The Gateway Pundit, which you can read here [archive].
We searched for 'The Gateway Pundit' on the following search engines...
Qwant.com
SwissCows.com (new, still ramping up)
The returns were the same as provided by DDG - leading us to think if they are using their own databases then there is a SEO problem with Jim's site; if they are NOT using their own databases then it seems there is a much bigger problem...
We have heard but haven’t been able to verify that both are owned by MSFT Bing…
UPDATE ON QWANT (28-Mar-2022):
Qwant remains in control of its technology, including its algorithm, index and client infrastructure, without collecting personal data, to better secure the privacy of its users and the confidentiality of their research. Microsoft, for its part, provides Qwant, which has always chosen a European infrastructure and in addition to its own technologies, with the additional computing power of its Azure Cloud to meet the growing needs of the European market, with Microsoft Advertising services and Bing’s algorithmic research. (link | link)
UPDPATE ON SWISSCOWS (28-Mar-2022):
So far, the only note of SwissCows and Bing is a cooperation they have with Bing in providing search results, no details of that cooperation are noted on the SwissCows website (link - see section ‘Are the search results as good as other search engines?’). They also have search ads delivered by Bing (same SwissCows page, section ‘How does Swiscows earn its money?‘) which appear exclusively based on your Swiss Cows search. They claim no data of yours other than the basis of your search is passed to Bing. So far, we have not been able to find a 3rd-party review of their search engine operations and data management.
Next, we tried StartPage.com (which may be owned by Google, but again have not been able to verify) and the first half of the first page was unique and as you would expect HOWEVER it started emulating the search returns we had above with the negative posts...
UPDATE ON STARTPAGE (28-Mar-2022):
StartPage has several support pages on its site that get into the details of its working relationship with Google:
What is the relationship between Startpage and Google?
Do you share my IP address with Google?
Google serves two million searches per minute. Isn't Startpage small in comparison?
What is the relationship between Startpage and Google?
Why do I get different results with Startpage than with Google?
Why does Google let Startpage access their search results?
Do know that StartPage uses a Syndicated Web Search - meaning they do not actually connect with the Google database but to a feed that provides the Syndicated Web search. Think of it this way - the feed between the Google databases and the Syndicated Web Search act as a buffer between StartPage and the Google databases, your search never enters the Google databases (nor any information save for your search query). If any information is passed in such an environment, Google would be at fault, not StartPage as such a setup has to pass a 3rd party audit.
So...
There could be a bigger problem than we all realize.
We have left a comment on his post HIGHLY suggesting that Jim have an SEO expert look at his setup and configurations and if changes are needed do what needs to be done before resubmitting his site to the search engines.
Once we know he has done that then we can monitor what happens as the propagation hist the various search engine databases.
ANOTHER TEST - DuckDuckGo
On DDG, we searched for another high-profile conservative website, such as The Conservative Treehouse then viewed what popped up - it is as expected and not as experienced with The Gateway Pundit.
We're going to test other high-target conservative sites to see what results we get - if everything returns as we expect then it's not DDG.
Either way so far from what we are seeing and assuming Jim Hoft is using either an SEO plugin or SEO service (it's a WP platform), something is amiss but we're believing it's not DDG...
So far...
It could be whatever Jim is using, it's not doing him any justice as the results are almost universal no matter what search engine is being used in all the above searches on all the above search engines...
UPDATED (04-Mar-2024):
Seems the owner of DDG, Gabriel Weinberg, is more interested in money than truth - aka greed.
Gabriel testified in the Google Antitrust trial in September 2023 and his reasoning sounded more like a blame game instead of a stance of accountability.
DDG has been sliding to the Left for quite a while and Gabriel took it upon himself to testify that the market share is constrained by Google’s large wallet, forgetting that once you join a race already in progress you have a lot of catching up to do and your competition is not about to stop and wait to have coffee with you.
Seriously, stop your whining Gabriel!
Gabriel has also signed a deal with Bill Gates to track users online - if you use a SIM card in your phone, learn how to configure your phone to function without one thereby giving you much more privacy; there are other things you can do to boost your privacy, so be sure to check out this playlist.
If you are getting the feeling that globalists are oblivious to their shrinking market, you are on the mark
A LOT of people are now awake and the number of woke is shrinking rapidly.
Yes, there will always be those that will remain woke - don’t make their problem your problem; if you can, plant some seeds with them and move on, there are way too many much more important things to do.
The globalists have turned all this into a number game - never interrupt the enemy when they are destroying themselves.
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Our Preferred Browser and Search Engine
Browser: Brave
Search Engine: Brave (we highly recommend the paid version)
You’ll know why once you have used both for a day…
And no, we are not receiving any incentives of any kind to promote them.
How Alternative Search Engines Use Google Data
There are ways and means to share information without ever tapping directly into their servers - it's Best Practice NOT to do such.
What is going on with StartPage is something like this...
_______ ____________ ____________
| | feed | Syndicated | feed | | browser
| Google | ——-» | Web | ——-» | Alt S.E. | «——
|_______ | | Search | |___________ | search
|____________ |
In the above diagram, Google can be any search engine database while StartPage can be any alternative search engine database.
Think of the feeds to the Syndicated Web Searh as well as to StartPage as RSS feeds, it should be one-way but the only way I have to verify that is through extensive research.
I do know that as a corporation, they have to abide by 3rd party audits (performed by an accredited accounting firm), Best Practices, Sarbanes-Oxley, and as an international corp - ISOs...
All of these require the information to be pushed from the source (Google, Bing) to a bucket (Syndicated Web Search) which in turn feeds Google's and Bing's clients (DDG, Qwant, StartPage, SwissCows, and others).
End users of the search engines only tap into the database of the desired search engine, not Google, nor Bing in any manner, way, or form.
Just so we are clear, we're not defending MSFT nor Google, the setup is courtesy of the controls and stipulations of Sarbanes-Oxley, Best Practices, ISOs, and 3rd party audits (usually a high-end accounting firm)...
Given the above scenario, passing personal information to Google would have to be quite intentional and quite illegal.
The same scenario applies to Bing with Qwant and Swiss Cows...
ORIGINAL POST
QUESTION: In reacting to Gabriel Weinberg’s decision to filter sources associated with Russian disinformation - do you really know what sites are Russian disinformation? TASS? Sputnik? RT? ANY Russian website? Did you forget you already do something of the same with your browser? Have you configured your browser to block adult material (you know, those ladies who are so poor they can’t afford clothing)? Have you set your browser to protect your children? Then you are permitting something else to do what you say you want to do yourself - before getting triggered, read on… If you’re already triggered, read on and keep calm, the world is not coming to an end… We are in a warfare where information is the weapon - if you keep getting burnt from sharing disinformation, you most likely will be the first to start screaming at DDG to clean up their databases… You know we’re right…
Reading the comments to Gabriel’s tweet has us shaking our heads - there are a LOT of people who just don’t get we are in a war that includes information… and it is being driven by the ease with which we can get that information, whether content or metadata…
Truthfully, I don't think DDG would be doing such a thing during normal times...
Are we living in normal times???...
What is the most proliferated weapon being used right now???
Stop and think...
You own a server,
it scrapes and crawls the internet consistently
bringing in information as it is found...
and you have a large following that is tapping into that information,
which is unfiltered, unorganized, uncategorized - just. raw. data.
So, we know cream settles and the crap always floats to the top (think dairy farmer for this post)...
How do you separate the "fake news" (crap) from the real news (cream)?
Then there is the matter of the deep fakes, the videos that look real but aren’t…
Watch the SHELL GAME, not the shells…
Perception is EVERYTHING - always question yours…
Do you want the "fake news" (crap) to be listed alongside the real news (cream) and leave it up to your users to educate themselves?
To a degree, yes - if you don’t at any level, what will happen?
Your users will keep coming across junk information and have to spend more time finding the real information... and as time goes along, that bounty hunt starts losing its luster, especially if your competition is filtering their database successfully without censoring the good data (separating the crap from the cream).
It’s not a perfect system but it keeps the crap to a minimum and let's not forget God will always have His hands on everything you are doing just as long as you are pursuing Him, yes?
Hence, a need for algorithms - but GOOD algorithms that don’t fit a narrative other than to minimize the crap...
God only helps those that help themselves - and no wise person in any warfare would be leaving much of anything to chance.
If you haven’t read The Art of War yet, NOW would be a GREAT time to get this loaded into your library - and into your daily thinking (free copies from our online library can be found here: short version | complete version)…
Otherwise, rewinding 90 years, without filtering and algorithms we would see an internet full of the propaganda promoted by the Third Reich as well as the Allies promoting its own content, with the Third Reich bombarding the internet to get more of their content deviously listed over that of England, the USA, France, and others...
Reading Gabriel Weinberg’s responses to his tweet, he is "down-ranking sites associated with disinformation" (crap) - not just any Russian information (cream)...
If you are thinking all of Russia is the same, then you are hooked into the Elites way of thinking - just like the USA, just like Israel, just like most countries, there are the Patriots and there are the Elites…
And the more distance the government is from Liberty, the more the Elites are prevalent.
Get used to it until the Elites are fully taken down - and that is only going to happen by the people, NOT by any government.
If the Elites were mosquitoes, you would have done something about it a long time ago - WAY past time to start thinking the same about Elites…
Search engine algorithms help determine what to list on the first page (how often have you even gotten to the 3rd page???), and what to spotlight, otherwise what happens?
Without algorithms, the crap is floating WITH the cream when in reality you want to separate the crap FROM the cream...
Everybody wants this as they value their time and energy and don’t want to be spending it all on sifting through a bunch of crap to get to the truth.
The only time crap does any good is in a garden…
Search engines are no gardens.
In normal times, this would not be necessary - but we are NOT in normal times and we know the Elites know how to pump out a LOT of content that has a lot of crap that will end up floating on top of the cream and not with it...
They did so in the past and they have no problem cranking up the volume if it means their survival.
We should be doing the same thing…
What DDG is doing ISN'T the question (strategy)...
HOW are they going to do what they are going to do all this is (logistics)...
A lot of you are negatively reacting to the strategy when you should be focused on logistics...
And most everyone is too busy pointing figures to ask that question - we've been permanently banned from X.com (Twitter) so we have to find another way of asking Gabriel that question...
Another reason DDG should be doing this is in the following advisory we gave our Social Media followers...
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MonkeyWerx is reporting that a LOT of MSM articles related to Ukraine are being posted then hours, days later disappearing...
If you see something worthy of archiving,
copy the URL to archive.today and let'er rip...
You may (or may not) want to keep a log of what you are archiving -
you may end up seeing a pattern, maybe not...
You never know unless you track 😊
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The Elites could quite easily within a short period of time inundate search engines with news posts that, when clicked in a search engine, no longer exist...
How much fun would that be for the end user of the search engine?
The information war is not kinetic - it is in your mind and they want to toy with it...
We stand with Gabriel in his efforts to keep DDG a quality search engine - there will be mistakes, undoubtedly.
There is no book on this - we all write it as we go - The question is, are you going to take the easy route and stand on the sidelines while being journalistic about it all?
Or are you going to jump in and assist DDG become an even greater search engine?
Are you going to be part of the problem? or part of the solution?
At times like this, there is no grey area…
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