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<strong>the</strong>ir order on <strong>the</strong> page.,,92 A9 had earlier switched from Google to Windows Live<br />

Search for its <strong>web</strong> and news searches.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r big change that is not perhaps obvious to <strong>the</strong> casual user is that A9 no<br />

longer offers (or requires) that users log in and have every single query ever made<br />

at A9 recorded and retrievable. I do not think that A9's eliminating <strong>the</strong> retention of<br />

personal search data is an accident given some infamous "leaks" of personal<br />

information by search services. In <strong>the</strong> past, I had recommended using <strong>the</strong> "generic"<br />

A9 interface if you did not want to log in to use A9; that requirement is now obviated.<br />

The A9 homepage looks quite different. Notice that <strong>the</strong>re are a number of options for<br />

searching that include dropdown menus to check <strong>the</strong> sources you wish to search.<br />

A9<br />

search<br />

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