topic Re: CAN I BLOCK BING SEARCH ENGINE? in Electronics

CAN I BLOCK BING SEARCH ENGINE?

Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:13:58 GMT

This is not my area of expertise, so I'm not sure I'm even asking the question correctly ..... please bear with me.

When I do a search online, my computer defaults to Bing. If I type in a proper website address, sometimes it defaults to a Bing search, instead of going directly to the website. Why the re-routing?

I have since read that this is a money making ploy ... every time Bing gets a hit, or millions of hits, it's money in the bank. It seems rather unethical, IMO.

Should I go to Google first, and then do my search, if that might work, or is there a way to "block" Bing?

Re: CAN I BLOCK BING SEARCH ENGINE?

Icegoddess — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:26:56 GMT

You should be able to go into your brower's Preferences and manage your search engines. I use Chrome, so Google is obviously my default, but there are about 5 listed in a drop-down menu to choose from.

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Etoile308 — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:33:43 GMT

It's the same with Safari.

Go to settings, hit Safari, then hit search engines and it gives you options.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:43:19 GMT

I just go to Google.com when I need to search. The results from Google are better quality than those from Bing.

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PinkyPetunia — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 23:43:26 GMT

You need to select the search engine you want. What browser do you use? I use Chrome. Go to Settings and look for Search Engine. There are choices...select one.

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stevieb — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:01:46 GMT

You can also set your homepage to Google.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:13:47 GMT

At the upper right corner of your screen find the 3 dots (or dashes). Click that and go to Settings. In Settings search box type search engine then look for Manage Search Engines.

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on the bay — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 11:46:36 GMT

Now I have a question smart ladies😊

I looked at search engines and my default is google

but beneath that are a bunch of other search engines that I've never used, some never heard of.

I've never looked at this before so maybe it comes with the chromebook?

Do you delete yours or just leave them?

Maybe they are just suggestions but if I wanted them I could just type it in the search bar right?

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Desertdi — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 06:34:13 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 Using Bing......type in Google. There are directions on how to install Google Chrome on your device. Once you have it set up, you can pin it to your "START" and your "TASKBAR"

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KingstonsMom — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:47:38 GMT

@Tinkrbl44

I abhor Google for many reasons including their tracking and selling your info to every company of the planet, so I use 'STARTPAGE'.

It's a middle man, so to speak, to using Google's search engine.

It's free, you download it and choose it as your default browser, and it does the searches on Google without them being able to track you and sell your info.

I've been using this for years.

ETA:

Smartpage.com

Don't be tracked online. Protect your personal data.

Zero saving, sharing, or selling your search data
No third party trackers or cookies like other search engines
Un-profiled search results
Browse other sites in complete privacy with Anonymous View

Re: CAN I BLOCK BING SEARCH ENGINE?

Nuttmeg — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:50:40 GMT

W@on the bay wrote:

Now I have a question smart ladies😊

I looked at search engines and my default is google

but beneath that are a bunch of other search engines that I've never used, some never heard of.

I've never looked at this before so maybe it comes with the chromebook?

Do you delete yours or just leave them?

Maybe they are just suggestions but if I wanted them I could just type it in the search bar right?

@on the bay

Most browsers will allow you to change default search engines.
I am using an Android tablet and a Samsung browser with Google for searches.

You may want to read about the different engines and try one.

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qbetzforreal — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:35:50 GMT

I installed duckduckgo as my default search engine.

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Mindy D — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:49:09 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
Now I have a question smart ladies😊
I looked at search engines and my default is google
but beneath that are a bunch of other search engines that I've never used, some never heard of.
I've never looked at this before so maybe it comes with the chromebook?
Do you delete yours or just leave them?
Maybe they are just suggestions but if I wanted them I could just type it in the search bar right?

@on the bay @Don't delete them. You can always choose one of them at a later time if you need to. Just keep the one you have selected as your default. To change, just go back and sekct another one as your default.

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on the bay — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:46:10 GMT

Thank you so much @Mindy D !

I"m glad you knew what I meant

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chickenbutt — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:37:20 GMT

I always delete all the other ones. Oddly, however, at least on the Edge browser that damnable bing symbol is still on a search bar. I have yet to find a way to make that go away. I just use the address bar to search, to avoid it, just wish I didn't even have to see it. One of the things I hate about Windows 10 is so many things that they won't let you change, yet changing or deleting them wouldn't hurt anything.

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Nuttmeg — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:29:41 GMT

@chickenbutt

Microsoft is just protecting "Bing". I have tried "Edge" on my Samsung tablet and it works nice.

I wish more sites would like my Samsung`s dark mode brower.

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Icegoddess — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:42:00 GMT

@qbetzforreal wrote:
I installed duckduckgo as my default search engine.

Duckduckgo is another one that protects your privacy. It's one of the browsers in my drop-down list.

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Flatbush — Thu, 06 May 2021 07:40:56 GMT

I have been having problems with my desk top iMac redirecting me to Bing,Yahoo too. Strangely enough for the past few months, when I open and start the iMac, it tells every time that I have low memory. I checked my memory, and it has most of the memory free.

After a lot of research and trying to keep Google as my search engine, I discovered that choice of marquis dot com, is MALWARE and that prevents me from keeping Google as my search engine.

The problem with reading instructions on line,to remove that, is that Most instructions told me to download "Combo Cleaner" I researched that, only to find it is part of the problem. So don't ever down load that.This has been a frustrating search , but now at least I know the real problem. I will keep trying to find a reliable way to remove it.

I write this for those posters who tried to follow the instructions to keep Google and have so far been unable to accomplish this. Thre problem may be far more complex than you thought. BEWARE and be careful.