Startpage is a search engine with a focus on privacy. It uses the results from Google.
metaGer
Metager is a German metasearch that combines search results from other providers. It is a non-profit association, the source code is open, and the servers run on green electricity. Metager also advertises high privacy.
Hosting
MetaGer is hosted on Hetzner.
Domain name | Usage type | Lookup type | Hosting provider |
---|---|---|---|
metager.org | Core Service | Web | |
metager.de | Core Service | Web |
Sustainability
metaGer powers its platform with 100% green energy, because they use Hetzner as a hosting provider.
Read more about the sustainability of the service here.
Ecosia is a search engine with a focus on sustainability. The company donates 80 percent of its surplus revenue, which it generates through advertising, to conservation projects. In addition, the servers are CO2 neutral.
The search results of the search engine come from Bing and are optimized with its own algorithms.
GOOD is a non-profit search engine from Germany. It uses the search index of the Bing search engine. All advertising revenue is donated to charity and the non-profit is B Corp certified. Before a rebranding in 2022 GOOD was called gexsi.
Qwant is a French search engine that advertises privacy. It is one of the few search engines that has its own search index. Also, like other search engines, it offers special search types and a map.
swisscows is a Swiss search engine with a focus on privacy and family friendliness, as they try to prevent explicit content. swisscows uses the Bing search index, but also a self-made one.
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