Comparison of search engines

|Juha Nurmi

| Juha Nurmi

| 2014

| {{Proprietary}}

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| William von Meister

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| 1999

| {{Proprietary}}

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|Garrett Gruener And David Warthen

| IAC

| 1996

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Robin Li Yanhong

| Baidu, Inc

| 2000

| {{Proprietary}}

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| Brendan Eich and Brian Bondy

| Brave Software, Inc.

| 2021

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| Gabriel Weinberg

| Duck Duck Go, Inc.

| 2008

| {{Partial|Mixed}}

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| Christian Kroll

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| 2009

| {{Proprietary}}

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| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

|François Bourdoncle and Patrice Bertin

| Exalead

| 2000

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Oli Kai Paulus, Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen, Nurhan Yildirim, and Benhui Chen{{Citation |title=Fireball (search engine) |date=2025-02-05 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_(search_engine)?utm_source=askpandi&utm_medium=answer_engine |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en}}

| Fireball Labs GmbH

| 1996

| {{Proprietary}}

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|Matt Wells

| Independent

| 2000

| {{Free}}

| data-sort-value="1,000,000,000" | >1 billion{{cite web|url=http://www.gigablast.com/about.html|title=about|website=gigablast.com|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001081235/http://gigablast.com/about.html|url-status=dead}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Larry Page, Sergey Brin & Scott Hassan

| Alphabet Inc.

| 1997

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="40,000,000,000" |hundreds of billions

| data-sort-value="9,022,000,000" | 9.022 billion{{cite web|title=Google Annual Search Statistics|work=Statistic Brain |date=23 April 2017 |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/Google-searches/|access-date=3 May 2017}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| 2014

|{{Proprietary}}

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| 2008

|{{Proprietary}}

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|Dale Bock

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| 2005

|{{Proprietary}}

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|Michael Loren Mauldin

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| 1995

|{{Proprietary}}

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| Microsoft

| 1998/2009

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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|2012

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|Marc Smith

| Mojeek

| 2004

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="5,000,000,000" | 5 billion{{cite web | url=https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/03/five-billion-pages.html | title=Mojeek Surpasses 5 Billion Pages | access-date=6 June 2022}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}{{cite web | url=https://www.mojeek.com/support/ads/ | title=Ads on Mojeek}}

|Kim Sang-Hun

| Naver Corp.

| 1999

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

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| 2010

| {{Proprietary}}

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| Huawei

| 2020

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|Éric Léandri

| Qwant

| 2013

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="20,000,000,000" | 20 billion{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/qwant-blog/web-indexation-where-does-qwants-independence-stand-8eab4f7856f8|title=Web indexation: where does Qwant's independence stand?|last=Qwant|date=2018-11-20|website=Medium|access-date=2019-02-13}}

| data-sort-value="10,000,000" | 10 million{{CN|date=December 2023}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| Ivo Lukačovič

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| 1996

| {{Proprietary}}

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| Tencent

| 2010

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Andreas Wiebe

| Swisscows

| 2014

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Brian Pinkerton

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| 1994

| {{Proprietary}}

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|Jerry Yang & David Filo

| Yahoo!

| 1995

| {{Proprietary}}

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| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|Arkady Volozh

| Yandex

| 1997

| {{Proprietary}}

| data-sort-value="2,000,000,000" | >2 billion

| data-sort-value="0" {{Unknown}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| Feng Zhou

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| 2007

| {{Proprietary}}

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! Server's location(s)

! Dedicated servers

! Data center

! Cloud computing

! HTTPS available

! Tor gateway available

! Proxy gateway search links available

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| China

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| USA

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| USA

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| USA

| {{Yes}}

| Google data centers

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| USA / China

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

| UK

| {{Yes}}

| Custodian Data Centres

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| France

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

| France

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Unknown}}

| {{Unknown}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| China

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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| USA

| {{Partial}}

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| {{Yes}}{{cite news | url=http://searchengineland.com/yahoo-search-goes-secure-182343 | title=Yahoo Search Goes Secure | work=Search Engine Land | date=22 January 2014 | access-date=31 March 2014 | author=Danny Sullivan}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

| Russia

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}{{cite web | url=https://help.yandex.com/direct-news/n-2012-07-17.xml | title=Yandex.Direct switches to HTTPS | publisher=Yandex | access-date=31 March 2014}}

| {{No}}

| {{unknown}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

! HTTP tracking cookies

! Personalized results{{efn|The results of the search are arranged for the user in accordance to their interests as determined from previous search queries or other information available to the search engine.}}{{efn|name=primary|Cannot be verified independently, as the information is handled by servers not accessible by the public.}}

! IP address tracking{{efn|Tracking the user has to be conducted in order to provide personalized search results.}}{{efn|name=primary|Cannot be verified independently, as the information is handled by servers not accessible by the public.}}

! Information sharing{{efn|name=primary|Cannot be verified independently, as the information is handled by servers not accessible by the public.}}{{clarify|date=April 2017}}

! Warrantless wiretapping of unencrypted backend traffic{{efn|name=primary|Cannot be verified independently, as the information is handled by servers not accessible by the public.}}

| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

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| {{unknown}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{No}}{{cite web | url=https://info.ecosia.org/privacy | title=Learn more about our privacy policy and the data that we do collect | access-date=July 18, 2019}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}{{cite web | url=http://www.gigablast.com/privacy.html | title=Gigablast - The Private Search Engine | date=2013 | access-date=2017-04-29 | archive-date=2018-10-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015032013/http://www.gigablast.com/privacy.html | url-status=dead }}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{optional|Default}}{{cite web | url=https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/54048?hl=en | title=Turn off search history personalization | access-date=July 11, 2013}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{maybe|2013 and prior}}{{cite web|last=Gallagher |first=Sean |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/googlers-say-f-you-to-nsa-company-encrypts-internal-network/ |title=Googlers say "F*** you" to NSA, company encrypts internal network |publisher=Ars Technica |date=2013-11-06 |access-date=2017-04-29}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}{{cite news|author1=Johnson, Kevin |author2=Martin, Scott |author3=O'Donnell, Jayne |author4=Winter, Michael | title=Reports: NSA Siphons Data from 9 Major Net Firms|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/06/nsa-surveillance-internet-companies/2398345/|access-date=June 6, 2013|work=USA Today|date=June 15, 2013}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{maybe|2014 and prior}}{{cite news|author=Danny Yadron |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/05/microsoft-compares-nsa-to-advanced-persistent-threat/ |title=Microsoft Compares NSA to 'Advanced Persistent Threat' - Digits - WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2013-12-05 |access-date=2014-01-15}}{{cite web|author= Tom Warren |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/5/5177554/microsoft-plans-server-encryption-against-nsa-snooping |title=Microsoft labels US government a 'persistent threat' in plan to cut off NSA spying |publisher=The Verge |date=2013-12-05 |access-date=2017-04-29}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{maybe|2014 and prior}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/18/5118150/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-plans-to-encrypt-data-against-nsa-by-2014 |title=Yahoo plans to encrypt all internal data by early 2014 to keep the NSA out|first=Russell|last=Brandom |publisher=The Verge |date=2013-11-18 |access-date=2017-04-29}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}{{cite web | url=http://company.yandex.ru/technologies/personalised_search/index.xml | title=Компания Яндекс — Персональный поиск | access-date=May 22, 2013}}

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| {{maybe|Limited}}

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| {{Yes}}

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