🔍 Side-by-side search
Compare two search engines side-by-side. You can even add it to your browser, you'll get autocompletion!
Compare results side-by-side
Whether you prefer Brave, DuckDuckGo, Startpage, or Google, you can compare them in the same tab!
Use as default search engine
It becomes much easier and faster to search if you can use your browser's search bar for every query!
Highlight unique links
Just like a diff, unique links have a beautiful aqua background color.
🙋 Frequently asked questions
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- 🤷♂️ Why did you make this?
- I've always wanted to de-google my life, but had FOMO whenever I switched to another search engine. With DuckDuckGo, I would end up using !g at all times. A good way to start using a different search engine is to have Google's results side-by-side. It eases the transition, as one learns to trust the results.
- 👀 Are you tracking the search queries?
- There is absolutely no tracking. Feel free to peruse through the code for both the extension and this site on GitHub.
- 🕵️♂️ Why do I need an extension to make this work?
- Search engines do not let you display their search results in frames. They set X-Frame-Options which tell your browser to not display the page. The extension strips the header to display the page in the frame.
- 🤖 How do I make this my default search engine on Chrome?
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- - Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines (copy-paste it).
- - Find "Side-by-side Search", click on the three dots and select "Make default".
- 🔥 How do I make this my default search engine on Firefox?
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- - Right click in the address bar and select "Add Side-by-side Search".
- - Go to about:preferences#search (copy-paste it) and under "Default Search Engine", select "Side-by-side Search".
- ✋ Are there any known limitations?
- Some other extensions may interfere with Side-by-side Search. For instance, PrivacyBadger will block google.com if it's in a frame, as it thinks it's a tracker. You may need to whitelist google.com for this to work.
- 🐞 What if I found a bug or have a feature request?
- Feel free to open an issue.