Ecosia, the Berlin-based search engine that uses its ad revenue for reforestation efforts, will be included among Chrome version 81’s default search engine choices in the U.S., UK, Germany, France and 43 other markets, TechCrunch first reported Thursday. Ecosia will be joining Google, Bing, Yahoo! and DuckDuckGo, which was added to the list this time …
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If you’re tired of using Google or just want to do some good in the world, Germany-developed Ecosia is here to help you plant trees with your web searches. At its core, the app generates money from ads within its search results and then uses that money to plant trees around the world. To date, …
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Berlin-based search engine Ecosia says it will not participate in Google’s “search-choice” auction for Android devices in 2020 in Europe. Will other engines follow its lead? Search choice to start in 2020 on Android. Earlier this month, Google announced that it will introduce a new “choice screen” in Europe for Android users in 2020. The …
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In my recent research for alternatives to Google here at Search Engine Watch, Ecosia was one search engine that caught my eye. The eco-friendly choice for search certainly seems to serve a purpose. We might forget it, but there is an environmental cost to our digital activities – including Googling. So let’s dig a little …
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