A new search engine for ''privacy-conscious'' Australians, Startpage Australia, will be launched this week as an alternative to Google.

SMH

This article doesn't look very promising at the start but it ends as above. I'm glad I grit my teeth and read to the end.

StartPage doesn't sound very promising to begin with. How many Google Killers have we seen come and go? Anything saying Australian Google Killer just makes me think of the Sensis flop. Anyway, StartPage isn't an Australian startup... or up start. StartPage is Ixquick's search engine offering. They say:

We want to extend a warm welcome to the people of Australia, and invite them to use the Startpage search engine as a tool to protect their privacy and anonymity.

From: ITWire