{"id":4077,"date":"2021-09-06T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T15:57:31","slug":"ecosia-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/ecosia-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosia search engine (review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4085\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=1536%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/michael-tuszynski-_oSipyHQ9kc-unsplash.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@churchmediamike?utm_source=unsplash&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Michael Tuszynski<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Plant trees while you search the web<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last year I stumbled upon the search engine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecosia.org\/\">Ecosia<\/a>. Their pitch is that every search you make contributes to plant trees across the world. On average, it takes 45 searches to plant a tree.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the concept, so I gave it a try for a couple of months. During my trial, my 500 searches contributed to plant 11 trees.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, there&#8217;s a problem. For my usage, the search results were mostly not accurate. Several times I found myself opening another tab on Google, only to immediately get the result I was looking for. You might despise Google the company, but the search is accurate, there&#8217;s no way around it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example.<\/p>\n<p>This is me searching for a maven error on <strong>Ecosia<\/strong>. Look at the top 3 results. The first two are unrelated, as they don&#8217;t even include the &#8220;maven&#8221; word. The third result is in a language I can&#8217;t even recognise (maybe Chinese?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=580%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=1024%2C784&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=400%2C306&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=1536%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?resize=1200%2C918&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?w=1892&amp;ssl=1 1892w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_18.59.55.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Same search in <strong>Google<\/strong>: the top 3 results all have results related and useful to my problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=580%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"543\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=1024%2C959&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=400%2C375&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=768%2C720&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=1536%2C1439&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?resize=1200%2C1124&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-08_at_19.00.07.png?w=1586&amp;ssl=1 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Another example, now for an image search.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know the <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/oddly-satisfying\">satisfying meme<\/a>? I was looking for the black and white drawing of a person feeling their face in satisfaction. Let&#8217;s start with the <strong>Google<\/strong> search this time. First 4 results are what I&#8217;m looking for, 2 are also good alternatives, 1 is just a random example. Pretty accurate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=580%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"195\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=1024%2C344&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=400%2C134&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=768%2C258&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=1536%2C516&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=2048%2C688&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=1200%2C403&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?resize=1980%2C666&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now same search term in <strong>Ecosia<\/strong>. None of the top results are what I&#8217;m looking for. It even includes a reference to a porn website. Really?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=580%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"180\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=1024%2C317&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=400%2C124&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=768%2C238&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=1536%2C476&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=2048%2C635&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=1200%2C372&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?resize=1980%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2019-11-29_at_15.21.13.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>tl;dr<\/strong> On average Ecosia search results are less accurate which hurts my productivity. This is why I gave up on Ecosia, which is really a pity, because their goal is commendable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plant trees while you search the web<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,33],"class_list":["post-4077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-review","tag-utilities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ecosia search engine (review) - The Geeky Gecko<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2019 I found Ecosia, an eco-friendly search engine. 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