Try something simple like searching for google maps, see how bad it sucks. I don't get it if startpage pays for results from google why are they so frustratingly different. Is google doing something their end to drive people back to their spy machine?
Please email our Support Team so we can investigate. Most people find search results to be very similar so there may be another issue. (Though the maps are different. Startpage purposely uses Open Street Map for privacy reasons.) Here's the email address: Support@Startpage.com