
"Brave browser replaces Google with its own search engine". ^ "Brave's privacy-focused search engine is available in beta".Brave Search is not yet open-source like Brave Browser, which Brendan Eich says is for security concerns until it is hardened. Brave hosts its servers in the United States, a member of the Fourteen Eyes. In 2020, Brave's surreptitious URL redirection to cryptocurrency companies with affiliate links for profit prompted an apology from the CEO. As of 2022, data from the WDP was used to inform the ranking of search results. No account is required for this function. Users can opt in at any time while using the search engine by modifying their settings.

which collects data generated by their users while claiming to protect users privacy and anonymity. The project is a methodology and system developed by Brave Software, Inc. ( May 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īrave Search implements some level of data collection only when users opt in through the Web Discovery Project (WDP). Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. This section may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.

When a user searches and scrolls down, if available a discussions section will be there, and it will contain various forums where and the user can click one to see an answer from a user from an online community. Discussions: a feature that shows conversations related to the search query, such as comments on the website Reddit.A premium account will be required for opt-in data-collection. User data including IP addresses won't be collected from its users by default. As of April 2023 Brave Search is an ad-free website, but it will eventually switch to a new model that will include ads and premium users will get an ad-free experience. Brave Search Premium: users can optionally create an account with Brave Search Premium to support Brave Search directly.According to Brave, the index was kept "intentionally smaller than that of Google or Bing" in order to help avoid spam and other low-quality content, with the disadvantage that "Brave Search is not yet as good as Google in recovering long-tail queries." As of May 2022, it covered over 10 billion pages and was used to serve 92% of search results without relying on any third-parties, with the remainder being retrieved server-side from the Bing API or (on an opt-in basis) client-side from Google. Features īrave search has various features designed to enhance users' searching experience: In addition to the launch, the new Goggles feature was added, allowing users to apply their own rules and filters to search queries. In June 2022, Brave Search ended its beta stage and was fully released. In October 2021, Brave Search was made the default search engine for Brave browser users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom (replacing Google Search), France (replacing Qwant) and Germany (replacing DuckDuckGo).

However, the user can allow the Brave browser to anonymously check Google for the same query. Brave Search aims to use its independent index to generate search results.

and released in Beta in March 2021, following the acquisition of Tailcat, a privacy-focused search engine from Cliqz. History īrave Search is a search engine developed by Brave Software, Inc. March 2021 2 years ago ( March 2021) īrave Search is a search engine developed by Brave Software, Inc., which is set as the default search engine for Brave web browser users in certain countries.
