TIL German search engine Ecosia and French search engine Qwant have started teaming up since last year to build a European search index
TIL German search engine Ecosia and French search engine Qwant have started teaming up since last year to build a European search index
Ecosia and Qwant today reveal a new joint venture, European Search Perspective (EUSP), to develop and build search engine infrastructure in Europe. EUSP aims to contribute to digital sovereignty within Europe and ensure the continent has a strong, independent alternative to existing search technolog...
Historically, they have both been relying mostly on the Bing index, with Qwant building its own index for a while and serving a mix.
I've been carefully optimistic about this - even if ecosia and qwant decide to start heavily serve ads it still means we have an alternative which will supplement privacy focused frontends and metasearch engines.
Just be aware that fasch media company Axel Springer owns 20% of Qwant ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant)
Also at least one of the original founders is a dubious character. He's left Qwant in 2020 though.
https://netzpolitik.org/2022/digitale-raeuberpistole-der-absturz-der-suchmaschine-qwant-und-ihres-gruenders/ (sorry, only found a German source quickly, you may have to use a translator to read it).
Damnit. Hope the share doesn't grow any more than that atleast.
Read about this the other day - a great collab!
Nice. I'll keep an eye on this!
I hope the engine isn't called "eusp", but other than that, really excited for this!
I hope it'll be opensource...
That's really gEUd to hear! I'll give it a try