Something very strange is happening now: my startpage searches are rendering results totally unlike what I am searching for. Look at this: the search on ICJ border dispute Kenya Somalia yielded: Google, Spotify, etc. #WhatsUpWithThat? I haven't been able to do a search on startpage all day!
I've been having issues with Startpage this week too. With me the page just won't load. That's crazy what happened for you. I've been a StartPage user for years. I love it. Did you try ixquick.com?
Try DuckDuckGo instead, and see if it is marginal improvement.
I've been having trouble for weeks with all search engines. Perhaps because they all now rely on Google (Be More Evil) to do the bulk of the back end grunt work. You search for articles that you have read previously (and want to use as a reference) but now just can't seem to find again. Irritation, frustrating and worrying all in one.
Seems the new mantra should be, if you find something interesting that you want to refer back to later, bookmark it !
Google is always changing its algorithm so different things are getting a bounce, about the only thing certain to be there next month are the big corporations who always get a leg up