Brave Search Arrives To Take On Google With Its Privacy-First Approach

Brave, the company known for its privacy-first browser of the same name, has launched a new search engine. Aptly named Dauntless Search, the new tool is at present available to users globally in a public beta. The new search engine volition use technology developed by Tailcat, an open up search engine Brave acquired earlier this yr.

The company touts "unmatched privacy" with Brave Search. Information technology puts users first, giving them full command over their online activities. Advertising and data industries don't accept precedence. Moreover, unlike nigh other search engines, it doesn't track users or create a profile to track their searches or clicks.

"Brave Search is the industry's most private search engine, equally well equally the only independent search engine, giving users the control and confidence they seek in alternatives to big tech," said Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave.

Brave Search will use a completely independent index for answering common queries. Withal, for certain queries and areas such every bit epitome search, the company says its search engine is not mature enough to provide relevant results. In such cases, it will employ APIs to fetch results from other services such equally Microsoft Bing. This will still not compromise privacy or result in whatever tracking of the users. Nonetheless, it will exist reducing the independence metric that Dauntless hopes to achieve someday.

The company also claims transparency of search results with Brave Search. There are no secret methods or algorithms to bias results. The new tool will likewise presently become "community-curated open ranking models". This volition "ensure diversity and prevent algorithmic biases and outright censorship," the visitor says.

Brave Search doesn't show any ads during the current beta version. However, the company plans to show ads in the future. It volition also offer a paid, advertizing-gratis version of the new search engine. Moreover, it will Brave Search will exist available to power other search engines as well in the future.

Brave Search will get the default search engine later in the Dauntless browser

Brave has been testing Dauntless Search for several months now. In March this year, the company launched the new tool to users for preview access and testing. More than than 100,000 users signed upward for the early access, the company said. Information technology has at present launched Brave Search worldwide in public beta, taking on several established names in the industry, including Google Search and Microsoft Bing.

Brave Search will come integrated with the Brave browser and will go its default search engine later on this year, probably after the new tool moves out of beta. Users of other browsers can also access Brave Search at search.brave.com. It's unclear if the company plans to launch its search engine as a standalone app. Nosotros will keep yous updated if/when more data emerges.

In the meantime, y'all can run into a side-by-side comparing of Brave Search versus other search engines hither.