Soon, Google Talk will not work with another compatible Jabber servers, for example, Facebook chat or Jabber.org.
So, I suggest you to migrate your account and buddies from Google Talk to http://dukgo.com, which is a compatible Jabber server with no restrictions .
Talking about the search engine, I suggest you to choose http://duckduckgo.com , which it has awesome stuff like this : https://duckduckgo.com/goodies . Also, try searching for "!youtube cats", or "!reddit gaming" .
Finally, I offer you DuckDuckGo because it doesn't either "wrap" you inside a search "bubble" http://dontbubble.us/ , or track you "http://donttrack.us/", using you as a potential customer target.
