{"id":183022,"date":"2023-08-27T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=183022"},"modified":"2023-08-27T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T14:28:13","slug":"attention-all-sotnsters-please-be-sure-to-use-the-yandex-com-search-engine-its-the-only-one-that-does-not-censor-sotn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=183022","title":{"rendered":"

ATTENTION ALL SOTNSTERS:<\/span> Please be sure to use the Yandex.com search engine–it’s the only one that does NOT censor SOTN<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Yandex is the best search engine. Period.<\/h1>\n

It really does ‘find everything’<\/h3>\n

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LOSTBOX66<\/a><\/p>\n

The normal people usually use\u00a0Google<\/em>. Some of the more advanced and privacy-focused people use\u00a0DuckDuckGo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I use\u00a0Yandex<\/em>, and you can\u2019t stop me.<\/p>\n

Let me start from the beginning. I used to use and love Google, until at one point I realized that it wasn\u2019t privacy-respecting whatsoever. Then I transferred over to DuckDuckGo and SearX. I used SearX to get Google\u2019s search results when I wanted them, and DuckDuckGo for general searchery. But now I\u2019ve come to realize that if I want real results, they all suck. All except for one.<\/p>\n

Yandex Search<\/strong><\/p>\n

While yes, Yandex is a Russian-owned company that probably collects your data, Google gets way more and will sell it to foreign countries anyway. If anything it just cuts the middleman out from the stealing of your data.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example. Try searching a controversial website like Kiwi Farms or 8chan (8kun). If you\u2019re lucky, you might get results on DuckDuckGo, but they have a history of censoring results. Search engines and Internet companies have reasons to do so, mostly keeping a good image for themselves by hiding anything that strays away from the mainstream. But just because you\u2019re trying to get to a website that lots of people hate doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re supporting it. If you stay informed about the enemy, you can defend against them.<\/p>\n

Back to my example though. 8chan and Kiwi Farms do not show up on Google. Sometimes they do on DDG, but I\u2019ve seen instances where they are nonexistent. Yandex shows both every single time, as well as other sites that the majority of search engines try and hide.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a short talk about why I like Yandex. Maybe the title was a bit misleading or untrue, but I enjoy it. Ultimately it\u2019s your choice and I can\u2019t make you use a search engine. Just know if you like getting deep in the online, Yandex is probably a good place to start.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n

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SOTN Editor’s Note:<\/strong> Here are the results that Yandex returns when “state of the nation” is put in their search engine.\u00a0 Yandex.com<\/a> is the only search engine in the world that produces this result.
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