Searchonymous

Prevents Google from tracking your searches.

Total ratings

4.29 (Rating count: 17)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Useful for privacy
  • Effective in bypassing captcha
  • Allows searching Google without an account
  • Generally easy to test functionality
  • Simple codebase for developers
Cons
  • Recently stopped working for some users
  • Redirects to cookie settings page
  • Not functioning on Opera browser
  • Repeated reports of similar issues
  • Uncertainty about effectiveness
Most mentioned
  • Stopped working recently
  • Works great for privacy
  • Not functioning on Opera
  • Logged out of Google during searches
  • Questions about how to test effectiveness
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.40
All time rating average: 4.29
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2023-10-10
Bogdan S
Stopped working recently now Big Bad Google will redirect your search to a cookie settings page so there goes any hope for privacy.
2023-10-10
Bogdan S
en Stopped working recently now Big Bad Google will redirect your search to a cookie settings page so there goes any hope for privacy.
2023-07-29
Max Payne
en Fantastic extension. Very useful for privacy and getting rid of captcha while using vpn.
2023-07-24
Breaking Bad
So far it's working great, letting me search google without an account but not signing me out of other google sites. also I haven't encountered captcha or agreeing the google terms pop-up. Will update my rating if anything changes...
2023-07-24
Breaking Bad
en So far it's working great, letting me search google without an account but not signing me out of other google sites. also I haven't encountered captcha or agreeing the google terms pop-up. Will update my rating if anything changes...
2023-07-15
Max Schwarz
en Awesome, thanks for fixing it!1
2022-08-23
Streetk53
Still doesn't work. Doesn't show images
2020-08-23
Preston G
Excellent extension, wonder why more people don't use it. . .
2020-08-23
Preston Gaby
en Excellent extension, wonder why more people don't use it. . .
2019-04-27
H
Not working on Opera browser. It shows Google account in top right-hand corner.
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