It's nearly the equal of Google and Bing for general queries such as 'fish,' displaying map results, related questions and videos as well as relevant web links, though it's not as good with images.įor more specific results, Brave still does pretty well, though it's the area in which Google excels.Ī search for 'Calliaqua,' a town on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, returned the Wikipedia page in the top position, but some of Brave's (and Bing's) other top results were for a luxury villa of the same name on the neighboring island of Barbados. We took Brave Search out for a spin in June, and again today (Oct.

Users who want to avoid ads will have to pay an undisclosed amount. However, Brave Search reserves the right to show ads like Google does, although it isn't doing so yet. In a statement of principles posted online in June, Brave promised that Brave Search would not track or profile users, would use its own search engine whenever possible (it reaches out to Bing and Google when it has to) and would be transparent about its search algorithms and ranking systems. 'Brave Search has reached the quality and critical mass needed to become our default search option, and to offer our users a seamless privacy-by-default online experience.'Įich co-founded Mozilla and created JavaScript previously in his career, and was briefly CEO of Mozilla until it became known he'd contributed to a California political campaign opposing same-sex marriage.īack in June 2021 when Brave Search entered public beta testing, Eich told Tom's Guide that the new search engine was designed to be 'the first multi-platform, private, browser/search alternative to the Big Tech platforms.'

'As we know from experience in many browsers, the default setting is crucial for adoption,' Brave CEO Brendan Eich said. A drop-down menu at the top of the page lets you choose your search engine. On the resulting page, click 'Search engine' in the left-hand navigation bar. To set Brave Search as your default search engine in the Brave Browser, tap the three vertical lines at the top right of the browser window and scroll down to and click Settings.

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