Moreover, some images will be pulled from Bing Search to better serve users, without compromising the privacy aspect. However, becoming a reliable search engine with an adequate amount of entries is no easy task, which is why the company will mix results from Google Search as well. With no data, the possibility of selling it to advertisers or falling into the wrong hands is also tackled. Brave Search claims to offer a private and anonymous search experience, as it doesn’t collect any user data such as click or search history in the first place. For comparison, DuckDuckGo doesn’t have its own search index. Of course, Brave’s search index is much smaller than Google’s, but the goal is to create an independent platform that is free from any influence and offers users a real choice. To start, Brave has created an independent search index, while a host of other browsers simply repackage the index of other big names like Google. However, Brave Search will also be accessible via other browsers by visiting the page. Currently available as a beta in the Brave browser for both mobile and desktop platforms, it will become the default option later this year.

Brave is taking a community-supported approach to improving its search results, and is also taking a novel approach to showing ads. The company claims that Brave Search is the real alternative to Google Search and that it won’t log user activity, what they search, or the links they click.

Related: Quick Delete In Search & Other Ways Google Is Improving User Privacy Brave, on the other hand, has a better chance at challenging Google's dominance with a bundle package that is all about protecting privacy, toning down ads, a community-first approach, and transparency. At the moment, DuckDuckGo is the only other name that has a significant user base as a privacy-focused alternative to Google Search, but the market share of Google is disproportionately high at roughly 92-percent right now. With the addition of a search engine to its portfolio, the company is putting forward its best bet of offering a full package to users worried about their online privacy.

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