I have no idea what’s going on …
I search for “maapl.net” and I get everything except for maapl.net

Is it being blocked my microsoft (DuckDuckGo uses Bing)?

I was able to get to it a few days ago (great search I/F by the way, based on searxing search metaengine/db)

Now, zip! Can’t get to it.
Anyone else not seeing it in their search engines? Does anyone know why?
https://maapl.net

The Search Engine Map
by @Mojeek

The map is interactive, so you can click on each circle to find out more about the different search engines.

We'd love to know when the map was made, as some of the info looks out of date, but unfortunately we couldn't find that information. And the repo on GitHub no longer exists!

European search engines listed:

Mojeek
Oscobo
Entireweb
Metager
Ecosia
Lilo
Qwant
eTools.ch
Swisscows
ZapMeta
Startpage

https://www.searchenginemap.com/

Web indexing: where is Qwant's independence?

Qwant , the French search engine, is probably the biggest European engine that exists today.

But we often hear that Qwant is actually Microsoft Bing in disguise. How much of this is true?

They have their own crawling tools and algorithms, but they can use Bing's results as a supplement when people search for images or things where Qwant isn't strong enough yet.

They explain it here:

https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2023/09/18/web-indexing-where-is-qwants-independence/

Study Finds That AI Search Engines Are Wrong an Astounding Proportion of the Time
https://futurism.com/study-ai-search-wrong

#Business #Findings
AI search engines are wrong too often · Study results on ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, Perplexity, etc https://ilo.im/162r17

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#Study #AI #SearchEngine #Design #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev

Recently I've been looking at European search engines. #Qwant and #StartPage seem to be the most popular, the latter having stricter privacy policy.

Which privacy focused engine are you using and why?

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A recent study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism has revealed alarming inconsistencies and inaccuracies in AI search tools, challenging their growing popularity as replacements for traditional search engines.

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/ai-search-engines-plagued-by-inaccuracy

#Business #Findings
Google Search grew 20%+ in 2024 · It had about 373x more searches than ChatGPT https://ilo.im/162qv1

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#Google #SearchEngine #AnswerEngine #AI #Gemini #ChatGPT #SEO

#Business #Announcements
Private, useful, and optional AI · DuckDuckGo offers free access to popular AI chatbots https://ilo.im/162ore

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#SearchEngine #AI #Privacy #Design #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev

@marginalia Small feedback on the new design since I use Marginalia as my main search engine: on mobile, the options in the sidebar are now unlabelled icons, and I'm not sure what exactly they do without rotating the screen to see the label.
In the old design, they were text-only and I knew exactly what I was switching on or off: vintage, tildes, no JS and such.

I use those filter options extensively and it'd be nice if that was changed somehow.

Aaahhhh, #the European #searchEngine #Mojeek has paged results in mobile and desktop. Not the stupid endlessly scrolling list. Much nicer when deep diving into a topic, particularly on iOS. Enough of a reason in itself to keep this as an alternative to #Google.

They’re also here: @Mojeek

https://www.mojeek.com

Ecosia is teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index

https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp/

would love some suggestions for a new #searchengine
Especially if it has functional boolean searches

The French search engine Qwant is trying to gain more users by starting a loyalty program.

Qwant has launched a loyalty program that allows users to earn up to €10 per week by conducting daily searches on Qwant.com.

The program works by accumulating points and climbing the ranking, with the top users being rewarded. To participate, users need to create a Qwant account and sign up for the loyalty program.

Once signed up, users can earn points by using Qwant for searches, and these points can be redeemed for money that can be transferred to a user's bank account.

Note:
- you don't need to create an account to use Qwant

- if you join the loyalty programme and receive money, you need to give your bank details (name and IBAN to receive the money)

- they say they don't store your search history, and if you're tempted to try it but don't know if you can trust them, use it wisely. You can use it to search for everyday questions that you don't care if others know about. It shouldn't be a problem to search for beautiful landscapes, but be careful with sensitive information about your health, for example.

Has anyone here tried this? Any comments?

https://www.qwant.com/join/reward
#qwant #searchengine

Searching for a new #SearchEngine. I just saw that Ecosia added an AI Chat tab.

INITIATIVE: Ecosia and Qwant have launched the European Search Perspective (EUSP) to build an independent European search index.
The goal: strengthening digital sovereignty and providing a transparent, privacy-focused foundation for future technologies, including AI. How could an independent search index reshape the European tech landscape and user experience?
#EUSP #DigitalSovereignty #SearchEngine @ueeu
https://blog.ecosia.org/eusp/

#Development #Reports
Redirecting 404s to homepage? · Google’s Martin Splitt warns against it https://ilo.im/162p5g

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#Business #Google #SearchEngine #Crawler #Bot #SEO #TechnicalSEO #Redirects #WebDev #Backend