Originally posted (with slight modifications) @ my blog in two parts.
It's been coming on for some time now, this urge to boycott the G*ogle search engine and the other services which it owns. I guess the first one to go for me was probably Ork*t. When they started requiring me to use a Gm*il email account I quit. Then there was the whole Bl*gger issue. Same thing. I ended up leaving for dead a blog I that I put a lot of time and effort into because I didn't want to be required to use "their email". I never really did much with the couple of "their email accounts" which I signed up for, despite really liking one of the addresses. Oh, sure I played around a bit with seeing what kind of ads would appear based on text in the email. But, no doubt everyone has done that, so that doesn't really count.
Read more about the new metasearch engine alternative I've found which I'm extremely pleased with below. It has finally allowed me to make the break from "the one I used to love" and actually feel that I am gaining by the move rather than losing. Also, more adventures described about my failed love affair with a certain company below the fold.
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