MORE: Deep Web Search Engines & Dark Web Search Engines On Tor
1. Phobos
Tor URL: http://phobosxilamwcg75xt22id7aywkzol6q6rfl2flipcqoc4e4ahima5id.onion/
Best for: Ad-free .onion searching
Its extremely simple, AD-FREE interface. If you’ve used other deep web search engines, you’d know how rare and uncommon this is.
Secondly, its database that is big enough to cater to most of your searches.
It doesn’t show duplicate links! Again, this isn’t common in the industry. Most other search engines fetch and display the same primary domain multiple times for the same keyword. Phobos doesn’t do that.
As far as the result-page is concerned, it’s almost like a Google clone (in terms of looks). You get the site names in dark blue, the URLs in green, and a meta-description.
It also features “quick links”. As in, for the displayed results, it fetches “quick links” from the webpage so you can directly reach different sections on the webpage instead of having to browse it entirely.
In case you’re curious, it also has a clearnet alternative- Phobossearch.com. Note that it’s just a redirect, you can only access it on the Tor network, and it redirects to the .onion address.
2. OnionLand Search
Tor URL: http://3bbad7fauom4d6sgppalyqddsqbf5u5p56b5k5uk2zxsy3d6ey2jobad.onion/
Best for: A few Google-like features
OnionLand Search brings with itself a few features which most other dark web search engines miss. Surprisingly, most of these features are practically helpful and not just gimmicks.
For starters, it has that “I’m feeling lucky” button that Google has. Clicking on it will show you searches for one random keyword. These keywords are generally chosen from popular searches on OnionLand and hence are mostly not boring or useless.
As far as the manual searches go, it does resemble Google’s interface and colour-scheme again. Just like Google, it shows “sponsored links” in the first 3 results for most searches. They’re marked as “ad” just so you know. Do note that unlike Google, the ads may not always match your keywords.
I as a result-skipping feature! In other words, when it sees similar results from the same primary domain, it doesn’t show those duplicate URLs. Rather, it shows a [X similar results skipped] message below that URL.
Another feature you may like is its cached webpage feature. For every single URL, it has the capability to show you a cached result from the past rather than showing a live version. This is super impressive as it helps you visit sites even when they’re down!
The database is very impressive as well.
Finally, you can also use its “explore” link at the bottom to find the “most popular” searches on OnionLand. They’re categorized alphabetically to make things easier.
3. Torch
Tor URL: http://xmh57jrknzkhv6y3ls3ubitzfqnkrwxhopf5aygthi7d6rplyvk3noyd.onion
Best for: Database-rich searches
Torch is one of the most well established and dark web search engines. Its primary suit is its database, which claims having over 898,385 documents indexed.
The homepage displays ads, dozens of them. They aren’t intrusive or hidden so can easily be ignored though.
Its “word match” feature is pretty unique and desirable. It offers two choices, first being “matching any word”. When this is selected, Torch will show results when they match any word from your keyword string.
The other option is “matching all words”. When this is selected, only exact matches are shown.
Now, the result page is pretty informative as well. First, it shows how many times each individual keyword from your search, has appeared in the results. Then it also shows the page size.
Beneath each displayed URL/site, Torch also shows which keyword(s) triggered that particular URL to be shown for your search.
One negative aspect I don’t like with Torch is its duplicate results.
4. PornSame
Tor URL: http://pornsamewawahbwoh2mrlfiz63yihswur55jtzeo5ghazoz3pfdrydid.onion
Speciality: Porn lookalike
This is probably the most unique, untraditional, unconventional and maybe even controversial dark web search engine on this list.
So, the website is sure a search engine and it sure is on the dark web. However, it doesn’t show results for “keywords”.
Rather, it lets you upload photos. Whatever photo you upload, the search engine will find a lookalike porn star using its reverse A.I image search.
It’s 100% free and totally works.
In fact, it’s
scary. The results are highly accurate.
Now, the photos aren’t just “of the pornstar”. Rather, they’re often of them in the act.
Note that it doesn’t “morph” or “edit” photos.
The displayed results
are actual, real photos which just have unbelievable resemblance to the
person you upload.
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