Scroogle Scraper Gone ?

B4its2L8 · 2 Jul 2010, 10:25 PM

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi

drew · 3 Jul 2010, 12:17 AM

There is rumor of a new? plug in or addon, app, for us using Firefox. It encrypt the searches. You still use google but others will not read what you search?

B4its2L8 · 3 Jul 2010, 12:30 AM

Hi, drew

Thanks for the suggestion.

One of the FF add-ons is this one, which already has the notification of Scroogle's possible retirement in the review section (so it presumable won't work any longer), as well as two suggestions for other courses of action: a different add-on (GoogleSharing, which I haven't tried yet) and Ixquick, a privacy-conscious search engine).

drew · 3 Jul 2010, 12:59 AM

https://encrypted.google.com/

Not what I vaguely remember but at least only google know instead of the whole world know what we search for.

Maybe this one? Is this one scroogle related?

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/ne...browser-plug-/

Quote:

Privacy Groups Launch Secure Firefox Browser Plug-In

21 June, 2010, by James Cullimore

The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have released a new Firefox extension.

The new extension will allow users to encrypt the information they share on social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

The HTTPS Everywhere add-on works with websites including Google Search, Wikipedia, Identi.ca, Ixquick, DuckDuckGo, Scroogle and some search engines.

The outfits said that the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox add-on has been inspired by the encrypted search option launched by the search giant Google.

EFF explained that many websites offered support for HTTPS, but made it very difficult to use.

d4rkn1ght · 3 Jul 2010, 08:57 AM

This is really bad news for me. Scroogle is my main search engine.

I really hope they could find a solution and be back in business.

B4its2L8 · 3 Jul 2010, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d4rkn1ght

This is really bad news for me. Scroogle is my main search engine.

I really hope they could find a solution and be back in business.

It was my default search engine as well. For the time being I've gone back to using Ixquick, but I also use Clusty/Yippy frequently, though it doesn't have the same privacy reputation as Scroogle and Ixquick.

sd

Btw, thanks, drew, for the ITProPortal link.

d4rkn1ght · 3 Jul 2010, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B4its2L8

It was my default search engine as well. For the time being I've gone back to using Ixquick, but I also use Clusty/Yippy frequently, though it doesn't have the same privacy reputation as Scroogle and Ixquick.

sd

Btw, thanks, drew, for the ITProPortal link.

I like Ixquick, but they'll be even better if they could also add Google on their list of search engines. That's why I like Scroogle.

I think I get better results in Ixquick than Clusty, but I don't think Clusty is bad.

d4rkn1ght · 3 Jul 2010, 01:10 PM

Apparently... It looks like Ixquick is using Google.

Main thread here.

B4its2L8 · 9 Jul 2010, 09:36 AM

Scroogle seems to be back in bizness.

d4rkn1ght · 9 Jul 2010, 10:46 AM

I'm glad! I really missed.

2 Jul 2010, 10:25 PM	#1
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	Scroogle Scraper Gone ? http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi

3 Jul 2010, 12:17 AM	#2
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	There is rumor of a new? plug in or addon, app, for us using Firefox. It encrypt the searches. You still use google but others will not read what you search?

3 Jul 2010, 12:30 AM	#3
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	Hi, drew Thanks for the suggestion. One of the FF add-ons is this one, which already has the notification of Scroogle's possible retirement in the review section (so it presumable won't work any longer), as well as two suggestions for other courses of action: a different add-on (GoogleSharing, which I haven't tried yet) and Ixquick, a privacy-conscious search engine).

3 Jul 2010, 08:57 AM	#5
d4rkn1ght Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 21	This is really bad news for me. Scroogle is my main search engine. I really hope they could find a solution and be back in business.

3 Jul 2010, 01:10 PM	#8
d4rkn1ght Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 21	Apparently... It looks like Ixquick is using Google. Main thread here.

9 Jul 2010, 09:36 AM	#9
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	Scroogle seems to be back in bizness.

9 Jul 2010, 10:46 AM	#10
d4rkn1ght Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 21	I'm glad! I really missed.