Ecosia and Qwant join forces to develop European search index - Better Web
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Ecosia and Qwant today reveal a new joint venture, European Search Perspective (EUSP), to develop and build search engine infrastructure in Europe. EUSP aims to contribute to digital sovereignty within Europe and ensure the continent has a strong, independent alternative to existing search technologies.

Historically, they have both been relying mostly on the Bing index, with Qwant building its own index for a while and serving a mix.

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
    23·
    23 hours ago

    Both already mostly relied mostly on ads before this partnership. Nothing changed. But perhaps they will need less ads if running their own search index is cheaper than using Bing’s.

    • LazycogMA
      8·
      23 hours ago

      Would love this. Hopefully Qwant and Ecosia can make it happen soon.