Question

what are some good search engines that are unblocked

Answer 1

Here are a number of search engines you can try. Which ones are actually “unblocked” depends on your network (school, work, country), so availability will vary — I can suggest likely options if you tell me where you’re trying to use them.

Mainstream/general
- Google — comprehensive index and features (often available on most networks).
- Bing — Microsoft’s search engine, good image/video search.
- Yahoo / DuckDuckGo (note: DuckDuckGo is also privacy-focused) — mainstream alternatives that are commonly accessible.

Privacy-focused / neutral
- DuckDuckGo — no tracking, simple private search.
- Startpage — Google results with privacy protection (acts as a proxy).
- Brave Search — independent index with privacy focus.
- Qwant — EU-based, privacy-friendly search.

Independent / alternative indexes and metasearch
- Mojeek — independent crawler and index (privacy-aware).
- Searx / SearxNG (public instances) — open-source metasearch aggregating many engines (public instances vary in availability).
- MetaGer — German metasearch emphasizing privacy.
- Dogpile — metasearch that pulls from multiple engines.

Specialized / other useful searchers
- WolframAlpha — computational answers and data rather than web indexing.
- Ecosia — plants trees with ad revenue (uses Bing results).
- Swisscows — family-friendly, privacy-oriented semantic search.

Notes and tips
- No search engine is guaranteed to be unblocked everywhere — network admins typically whitelist or block specific domains.
- If a search site is blocked, follow your institution’s acceptable-use rules; I can’t help with bypassing filters.
- If you tell me the environment (school, workplace, country) I can suggest which of these are most likely to be accessible there.