Re: As an alternative try ...

I'll give that one a try. Appears they are using Google's API too, wonder how long that will last...

As for DuckDuckGo: 1) You can turn off the (very light) ads via the settings 2) The cookie has no personal information, it's just the settings. Here's mine:

bang=2&proxy=1&shopping=1&google=5&images=6&video=1&image=1&wiki=1&guk=1&scholar=1

Could you explain the concern with Amazon cloud hosting?