A judge has ruled that Google has a monopoly on online search because it paid partners to make its search engine the default on phones and mobile browsers. But you don’t have to use Google, and there are many reasons not to. Though Google is familiar to everyone, it doesn’t need to know every detail about you and profit from your information. Alternative search engines often give you more privacy and sometimes come with other benefits as well, such as rewards or donations to worthy causes based on how much you search. The quality of results between Google and other search engines used to be a real issue, but now you’d be hard-pressed to find much difference. The greatest contrast you're likely to notice is the ranking of the top results. We've tested the top alternative search engines and find the ones below to be worth your consideration.