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                     Brave to Launch Its Own Search Engine

   Josh Centers

   [1]Brave Software, which develops a Chromium-based privacy-focused Web
   browser, has announced that it has acquired the open search engine
   Tailcat and will use it to [2]launch its own search engine. Right now,
   the main search engine choices include 800-pound gorilla Google and
   distant second Microsoft Bing, with Bing also powering runners-up
   Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia to greater or lesser extents. Brave
   Search promises to be privacy-focused, with no tracking or profiling of
   users, and it will offer a paid, ad-free option in addition to free,
   ad-supported search. Brave says those ads won't have the trackers
   usually associated with Web ads. Another unique aspect of Brave Search
   is that it promises to use open, community-curated ranking models to
   ensure diversity and prevent algorithmic biases and censorship. If
   you're interested in testing Brave Search, you can [3]sign up for the
   waitlist.

   

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