Software:Swisscows

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Short description: Web search engine operated by Hulbee AG
Swisscows
Swisscows logo.png
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Type of site
Web search engine
Available inMultilingual
OwnerHulbee AG
Created byAndreas Wiebe
Websitewww.swisscows.com
LaunchedJune 26, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-06-26)
Current statusOnline

Swisscows is a web search engine launched in 2014, a project of Hulbee AG, a company based in Egnach, Switzerland.[1][2] It uses semantic data recognition that gives faster answers to queries and claims to not store users' data.[3][4][5] Swisscows also deems itself family-friendly, with explicit results entirely omitted.[3][6][7] The engine's servers are based in underground data centers under the Swiss Alps, and geographically outside of EU and United States .[8]

Swisscows uses Bing for web search, but has also built its own index for the German language edition.[9][7] It also has shopping search, music search (powered by SoundCloud), and a language translator powered by Yandex.

History

Swisscows was founded in 2014 by Andreas Wiebe.[7]

As of 2018, there were 20 million monthly search queries, according to Hulbee CEO, Andreas Wiebe.[10]

In January 2021, the company launched TeleGuard, a messaging app that intends to focus on privacy and data protection.[11]

See also

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References

  1. "Imprint - Swisscows". https://swisscows.ch/en/imprint. 
  2. "Swiss search engine jumps for moon". September 2, 2014. https://lenews.ch/2014/09/02/swisscows-search-engine/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kaye, Jason. "You mean there are other options?" (in en-GB). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/branded-content/marketing-guides/alternatives-to-google/. 
  4. "Swiss software company Hulbee AG launches smart and secure search engine Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel". https://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/june-2014/swiss-software-company-hulbee-ag-launches-smart-and-secure-search-engine. 
  5. "On practicing safe search: fine tuning, privacy-friendly searches, and learning more — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch". http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2018/07/22/on-practicing-safe-search-fine-tuning-and-meeting-swisscows-and-other-privacy-friendly-searches/. 
  6. "Avoid Google and Bing: 7 Alternative Search Engines That Value Privacy". 9 July 2018. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-privacy-focused-search-engines/. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Internet search services: Europe's quest for online privacy | DW | 04.08.2020" (in en-GB). https://www.dw.com/en/internet-search-services-europes-quest-for-online-privacy/a-54428309. 
  8. "Datacenter - Swisscows". https://swisscows.ch/en/datacenter. 
  9. "European Davids vs Goliath: Privacy search engines aim to challenge Google | Financial Post". November 21, 2018. https://business.financialpost.com/technology/european-privacy-search-engines-aim-to-challenge-google. 
  10. "European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google". November 22, 2018. https://apnews.com/dd8824e6f9424439b66e3992882b5c0b. 
  11. "Instant Messenger Teleguard ohne persönliche Angaben nutzbar". January 20, 2021. https://www.itmagazine.ch/artikel/73834/Instant_Messenger_Teleguard_ohne_persoenliche_Angaben_nutzbar.html. 

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