Brave Search is now the default search engine for new users in 5 regions in Brave Browser

Brave announced today that it will change the default search of the company’s Brave browser from Google Search to Brave Search in five regions for new users. The company launched a public version of Brave Search in June 2021. Brave Search is an independent search engine that does not rely on the indexes of large companies such as Google or Microsoft.

Brave acquired the Tailcat search engine and the team responsible for it in March 2021. According to Brave, the search engine is designed with the same design principles as Brave Browser: private, user first, choice, independent, transparent, transparent and opened. You can check out our Brave Search review, linked in the first paragraph, for additional information on the principles. Ashwin’s coverage of Brave Search AMA on Reddit may provide additional details.

Brave Search replaces Google Search as the default search engine for new Brave Browser users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Also, it replaces Qwant for new users from France and DuckDuckGo for new users from Germany. The company plans to make the switch to Brave Search for additional regions in the coming months, according to the announcement.

Brave Search is available as one of several search engines in all versions of the web browser. Brave Browser is available for desktop, Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, and for Android and iOS mobile operating systems.

Desktop users can change the search engine as follows:

1. Load brave: // settings / search in the address bar of the browser.
2. The preference “Search engine used in address bar” defines the search engine that is used.
3. Activate the menu and select Brave if you want Brave Search to be the browser’s default search engine.

On your mobile device, select Brave Menu> Settings> Search Engines and change the search engine to Brave or another of the available search engines.

Brave Search can also be opened directly in any web browser.

Brave Search is currently ad-free, but Brave announced plans to introduce search engine ads. The company also plans to launch a premium version of Brave Search, which will be ad-free. According to Brave, Brave Search has reached “nearly 80 million queries per month” since its official launch in June 2021.

The Brave Search Web Discovery Project has also been launched. Brave describes it as a “privacy-preserving system for users to anonymously contribute data to improve the coverage and quality of Brave Search, and its independence and competitiveness against Big Tech alternatives.” For users, it means that browsing data and search data is made available to Brave by users who sign up.

Brave describes the project as follows:

This data helps build Brave Search’s independent index and ensures that Brave Search returns results relevant to search queries. For a URL to be sent, a large number of people need to visit it independently; this is accomplished through the use of the novel STAR cryptographic protocol. WDP’s privacy preservation methodology rules out search queries that are too long or suspicious. It also discards odd URLs (such as capacity URLs), page URLs that the creator defined as non-indexable, and of course pages that are not public or require some kind of authentication. Web Discovery Project runs automatically while a user browses the web, so it requires no effort from collaborators. Users who have opted out but no longer wish to participate can opt out at any time.

Additional information is available in the GitHub repository.

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