Acquaintances who have worked with computer companies at very high levels for decades, like all the websites below, recommend, and themselves use, excellent alternatives to google. Even if you continue to use google, why not have two or three other alternatives? I have found that doing searches on bing, for example, often gives an entirely different array of results. It would also be interesting to use products produced in other countries, with their totally novel perspectives.
Among the most popular top alternative search engines are
Major browser alternatives are firefox, safari, internet explorer, and there are also many specialized obscure browsers.
Vimeo and TED are good video alternatives to Google.
A List of Search Engines to Use Instead of Google