Alternatives to Google & Yahoo search

 Word is that the NSA was getting it's data from a slew of tech companies, limiting your use of their services is on sure-fire way to ensure they don't have a much data to hand over should it be requested, so what are the alternatives to doing a Google/Yahoo! search?

Duckduckgo started in 2008, and as a privacy-minded search engine, it doesn't track your IP, forward you search query to the sites you click on, install cookies, or otherwise track you or your searches, and its default is the more secure HTTPS. it does however compile the results of 50+ search engines, and filters out content mills designed to rank high in Google search rankings.

Startpage has been protecting users privacy since 2006, and enhanced its privacy procedures in 2009. It doesn't log IP addresses, set cookies, or otherwise track its users. In addition it has the European Privacy Seal for data protection. It also uses HTTPS to increase security, and unlike Duckduckgo, it offers image and video search.  

Using either of these two options will increase your online privacy instantly.