[samduffy]

I wonder will apple ever develop their own Search Engine to compete with Google i hope so id never use Google again. I despise google

[randally]

I've switched all my devices to use DuckDuckGo as the default search site. They do not track your searches.

[samduffy]

cool. its not even that for me i just dont like anything made by google/alphabet

[samduffy]

is there a way to stop google showing your location at the very end of a page search what i mean is if you go to google.com type in something like apple scroll all the way down are you being shown your location or a rough location of where you are

[TurboTiger]

All of my devices, including my MacBook Air are set to Google.
I'm sure if someone or some company wanted to locate me, they could even if I didn't use Google.
Good Luck

[samduffy]

But are you seeing that location thing I described

[TurboTiger]

Not really.
I just searched "car wash"
The top 3 listing were the closes to me.
Scrolled all the way down & no ads.
This was using Safari on my iPad Air
F there have been ads n the past, I've haven't noticed them or just conditioned myself to ignore them.
Good Luck
Good Luck

[samduffy]

Not ads but that it says your location at the end

[Ledsteplin]

Not ads but that it says your location at the end

Mine always shows my location. Only you can see that. What is your concern?

[samduffy]

Cool no concern just wanted to know it wasn't just me. And I don't like websites knowing my location in quite a private person is all

[samduffy]

Are you seeing your location at the end of the page after u do a Google search

[Rob Phillips]

You never know what Apple has up its sleeves but I'm perfectly fine using Google. The search engine is lightyears ahead of any of its competitors and Google generally does services way better than Apple (i.e. Good Docs, Gmail, Maps).

Yes, Google shows my location at the bottom of the page because I've given them access to it in order to receive more relevant search results.

[samduffy]

How do u turn it off. I know how to on the iOS devices but I don't know how to on my Mac please help

[Rob Phillips]

How do u turn it off. I know how to on the iOS devices but I don't know how to on my Mac please help

Open Safari, then go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy. You can change your location services settings there.

[samduffy]

Yeah I did that still didn't work I have cookies enabled and then in the second section I have deny without prompting but it's still showing my location

[Ledsteplin]

Are you seeing your location at the end of the page after u do a Google search

You can turn off sites having your location. Go to Settings > Privacy > location services > scroll down to Safari websites > check never.

[samduffy]

Thanks but I was wondering for the mac

[Ledsteplin]

Thanks but I was wondering for the mac

Look above my post.

[samduffy]

Yes I saw this other post but for some reason why I try that on my Mac it doesn't work

[Rob Phillips]

Yeah I did that still didn't work I have cookies enabled and then in the second section I have deny without prompting but it's still showing my location

Is it just an estimated location? Web sites--not just Google--often track visitors' geographic locations and they don't need your permission. They can tell approximately where you are based on your IP address.

[samduffy]

Yes it tells me it's getting it from my IP address and recent locations I searched but I cleared my locations history so I'm guessing it's from my ip. Is there anyway to get rid of this

[samduffy]

For example I'm from Ireland and I live in Dublin so it gives my location as Dublin rather than the local area I live within Dublin if that makes sense

[Rob Phillips]

Yes it tells me it's getting it from my IP address and recent locations I searched but I cleared my locations history so I'm guessing it's from my ip. Is there anyway to get rid of this

Aside from using a VPN there's really no way to stop them from gaining access to your IP address. Is there a reason you're so worried? The second you bought a smartphone and starting using social media you signed away a certain amount of privacy. It's the name of the game!

[samduffy]

Ok cool no no reason at all just. Curious is all as I've never noticed it before and like I said above I'm a private person is all. Thanks for the info. All I ever Google is apple tech anyway lol. No it was just more for curiosity I wanted to know thanks

[Rob Phillips]

Ok cool no no reason at all just. Curious is all as I've never noticed it before and like I said above I'm a private person is all. Thanks for the info. All I ever Google is apple tech anyway lol. No it was just more for curiosity I wanted to know thanks

You're welcome