diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index 3dea18852..b40510278 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ routing.deleteOldSeeds.time = 30
 
 # options to remember the default search engines when using the search compare features
 compare_yacy.left = YaCy
-compare_yacy.right = metager.de
+compare_yacy.right = startpage.com
 
 # minimum free disk space for crawling (MiB)
 disk.free = 3000
diff --git a/htroot/compare_yacy.html b/htroot/compare_yacy.html
index eec40e773..9845da069 100644
--- a/htroot/compare_yacy.html
+++ b/htroot/compare_yacy.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <head>
     <title>YaCy '#[clientname]#': Websearch Comparison</title>
-    <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Compare Yacy on '#[clientname]#'" href="opensearchdescription.xml?compare_yacy=true" /> 
+    <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Compare Yacy on '#[clientname]#'" href="opensearchdescription.xml?compare_yacy=true&amp;left=#[search_left]#&amp;right=#[search_right]#" /> 
     #%env/templates/metas.template%#
   </head>
 <body>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <fieldset>
         <legend>Websearch Comparison</legend>
         <form action="" method="get" accept-charset="UTF-8">
-            <p><input type="text" class="searchinput" name="query" value="#[search_query]#" size="20" /><input type="submit" value="Compare" />
+            <p><input type="text" class="searchinput" name="query" value="#[search_query]#" size="40" onFocus="this.select()"/><input type="submit" value="Compare" />
                Left Search Engine
                    <select name="left">
                    #{searchengines}#
diff --git a/htroot/compare_yacy.java b/htroot/compare_yacy.java
index 5559c3248..89ba69098 100644
--- a/htroot/compare_yacy.java
+++ b/htroot/compare_yacy.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
@@ -35,20 +35,15 @@ import net.yacy.server.servletProperties;
 
 public class compare_yacy {
 
-    private static final String defaultsearchL = "YaCy";
-    private static final String defaultsearchR = "metager.de";
-    private static final String[] order = {defaultsearchL, "YaCy (local)", "bing.com",
-        /*"google.de",*/ defaultsearchR,
-        "metager2.de (web)", "metager2.de (international)",
-        "yahoo.com", "romso.de", "search.live.com", "Wikipedia English", "Wikipedia Deutsch",
-        "Sciencenet", "dbpedia", "wolfram alpha", "OAIster@OCLC", "oai.yacy.net"};
-    private static final Map<String, String> searchengines = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    public static final String defaultsearchL = "YaCy";
+    public static final String defaultsearchR = "startpage.com";
+    private static final Map<String, String> searchengines = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
     static {
         searchengines.put(defaultsearchL, "yacysearch.html?display=2&resource=global&query=");
         searchengines.put("YaCy (local)", "yacysearch.html?display=2&resource=local&query=");
+        //searchengines.put("google.com", "https://www.google.com/#q=");
+        searchengines.put("startpage.com", "https://startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=");
         searchengines.put("bing.com", "http://www.bing.com/search?q=");
-        // searchengines.put("google.de", "http://www.google.de/#fp=1&q=");
-        // searchengines.put("google.com", "http://www.google.com/#fp=1&q=");
         searchengines.put("metager.de", "http://www.metager.de/meta/cgi-bin/meta.ger1?eingabe=");
         searchengines.put("metager2.de (web)", "http://www.metager2.de/search.php?ses=web&q=");
         searchengines.put("metager2.de (international)", "http://www.metager2.de/search.php?ses=international&q=");
@@ -87,13 +82,13 @@ public class compare_yacy {
             }
         }
 
-        prop.put("searchengines", order.length);
-        String name;
-        for (int i = 0; i < order.length; i++) {
-            name = order[i];
+        prop.put("searchengines", searchengines.size());
+        int i = 0;
+        for (String name: searchengines.keySet()) {
             prop.putHTML("searchengines_" + i + "_searchengine", name);
             prop.put("searchengines_" + i + "_leftengine", name.equals(default_left) ? 1 : 0);
             prop.put("searchengines_" + i + "_rightengine", name.equals(default_right) ? 1 : 0);
+            i++;
         }
 
         prop.putHTML("search_left", searchengines.get(default_left));
