![]() Tailcat on the other hand is an independent search engine, i.e., it doesn't rely on Bing, Google, etc, it has its own index. You may know this already, but DuckDuckGo's search suggestions (Autosuggest) are powered by Microsoft's Bing, Yahoo, etc. The important part here is that the search engine delivered results, while protecting the privacy of the user. The browser's built-in search engine was the first to display search suggestions and top search results as the search query was being typed in the address bar. ![]() ![]() Four years later, in 2020, Cliqz was shut down. Mozilla invested in Cliqz back in 2016, but a year later Cliqz (the company behind it) acquired the popular privacy-focused extension, Ghostery. You may have heard of the Cliqz browser, it was a fork of Mozilla Firefox, and was focused on privacy and included a custom search engine. Tailcat is a search engine that was developed by Cliqz. Brave claims that it will provide unbiased search results without forced censorship or biased algorithms, unlike other services which have been criticized and have often been hit by lawsuits, for promoting specific results. There will be two tiers in Brave Search an ad-free premium search, while the other will be an ad-supported search as described above. There are plans to offer Brave Rewards with Search, so this could be another way to earn more BATs. Brave says it is working on private ads which will be delivered via search. The browser displays random sponsored ads (non-personalized, ad campaigns) which when viewed earns you some BATs (Basic Attention Tokens. If you're familiar with the Brave Browser, you may have noticed how the user ads work. Instead of tracking users with personalized ads, Brave Search will employ non-targeted ads. Brave says that Search will serve the user first, in other words it is not devoid of ads.
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