Presearch (Search Engine)
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Type of site | Web search engine | ||||
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| Available in | English | ||||
| Owner | Presearch.org Global Limited | ||||
| Revenue | Keyword Staking | ||||
| Website | presearch | ||||
| IPv6 support | No | ||||
| Commercial | No | ||||
| Registration | Optional | ||||
| Launched | June 4th, 2018[citation needed] | ||||
| Current status | Online | ||||
| Written in | HTML, JavaScript, Swift, Solidity[1] | ||||
Presearch is a decentralized, cryptocurrency-based, volunteer-run search engine. It aims to increase the privacy of users searching the Internet.[2] Presearch runs on "node servers" hosted by volunteers in the community to deliver search results.[3]
As of May 5, 2021, Presearch had approximately 2 million registered users and handled over 1.3 million searches per day.[2]
History
Presearch was founded in 2017 by Colin Pape[4][5]. Pape had the original idea for the search engine in 2011 when the webpages of his previous business ShopCity.com (a business that promotes local businesses online) were "demoted" by Google in what Pape saw as monopolistic practices after the business set up a local version in Google's hometown of Mountain View, California.[4][6][7] The first version of Presearch was launched in November 2017.[4]
In 2018, Presearch launched an iOS app.[4]
In January/February 2021, Presearch transitioned from a third-party tool into a fully decentralized search engine.[6][clarification needed]
On 1 September 2021, Presearch was added as a default search engine for the mobile operating system Android.[8][9][unreliable source?]
Design
The Presearch search engine is a highly customizable search engine that can be used to search a multitude of search providers.[4] Presearch offers the ability to use 80 search providers, such as Google Search, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia, in addition to Presearch itself.[4] It is also possible to add custom search engines to one's account should a desired search provider not yet be available.[citation needed]
Users of Presearch as well as volunteers that run node servers are incentivized to support the search engine with the PRE cryptocurrency,[4] an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.[10][better source needed] When individuals search using the Presearch network, they are awarded a small amount of PRE that is deposited in their accounts' wallets - a quarter of a PRE token per search, up to a cap of eight tokens per day.[4][7] Volunteers that run node servers are awarded PRE when their node is accessed to answer a search query on the Presearch network.[11][better source needed] By rewarding users and contributors, Presearch encourages the growth of its network.[11][better source needed] In addition to these rewards, Presearch also rewards community members for improving the platform or for referring new users.[7] PRE is
The PRE token is also used for advertising on the Presearch search engine[4][7] through a method known as "Keyword Staking".[12][9][better source needed] The advertiser who stakes the highest amount of PRE on a given keyword or key phrase has their advertisement shown in the Presearch search results when that keyword is queried by a user. There is currently no cost to the advertiser (other than the opportunity cost of keeping their PRE staked), but the Presearch team expects to implement a cost to advertisers sometime in 2021.[11][needs update]
Presearch has also branched to tackling other issues such as misinformation and fake news as well as privacy and providing unbiased results.[2][unreliable source?][clarification needed] Presearch addresses misinformation through an integration with the WordProof blockchain to timestamp publishing and updates as well as verifying the origin.[13][unreliable source?]
Presearch maintains users' privacy by not tracking their searches.[4] Privacy on Presearch is enhanced by the use of independent nodes which obfuscates the identity of users.[14][unreliable source?]
References
- ↑ "Presearch · GitHub". Presearch. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Presearch (27 July 2021). "Decentralized Search Engine Presearch Tackles Misinformation and Fake News with Timestamped Search Results". WFMZ.com. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Presearch - A Better Search Engine For We The People". presearch.io. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Lomas, Natasha (27 April 2019). "How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-05-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Presearch - A Better Search Engine For We The People". presearch.io. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chacon, Jaime (2021-01-30). "Google Competitor Presearch Launches Decentralized Search Engine". Decrypt. Retrieved 2021-05-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Leon, Harmon (19 July 2019). "Don't Let Google Play God: Benefits of a Decentralized Search Engine". Observer. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Southern, Matt (1 September 2021). "Google Adds Presearch As A Default Option on Android Devices in EU". Search Engine Journal. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lyden, Carolyn (2 September 2021). "What does crypto have to do with SEO and PPC?; Thursday's daily brief". Search Engine Land. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ PRE Token, Presearch, 2021-11-27, retrieved 2022-01-08
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Presearch Vision paper" (PDF). Presearch.io. Retrieved 2021-05-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Presearch Keyword Staking". Presearch. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Decentralized Search Engine Presearch Tackles Misinformation and Fake News with Timestamped Search Results". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Decentralized Search Engine Launched By Presearch To Contest Google". InsideBitcoins.com. 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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