Swisscows Explained

Swisscows
Type:Web search engine
Language:Multilingual
Owner:Hulbee AG
Location:Egnach, Arbon District, Thurgau, Switzerland
Author:Andreas Wiebe
Current Status:Online

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.[6] [7] The engine's servers are based in underground data centers under the Swiss Alps, and geographically outside of EU and US.[8]

Swisscows uses Bing for web search, but has also built its own index for the German language edition.[9] 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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imprint - Swisscows. swisscows.ch.
  2. Web site: Swiss search engine jumps for moon. September 2, 2014. Le News.
  3. Web site: Kaye. Jason. You mean there are other options?. 2021-03-30. The Daily Telegraph. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Swiss software company Hulbee AG launches smart and secure search engine Startupticker.ch | The Swiss Startup News channel. www.startupticker.ch.
  5. Web site: On practicing safe search: fine tuning, privacy-friendly searches, and learning more — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch. blogs.slj.com.
  6. Web site: Avoid Google and Bing: 7 Alternative Search Engines That Value Privacy. MakeUseOf. 9 July 2018 .
  7. Web site: Internet search services: Europe's quest for online privacy DW 04.08.2020. 2021-03-30. Deutsche Welle. en-GB.
  8. Web site: Datacenter - Swisscows. swisscows.ch.
  9. Web site: European Davids vs Goliath: Privacy search engines aim to challenge Google | Financial Post. November 21, 2018.
  10. Web site: European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google. November 22, 2018. AP NEWS.
  11. Web site: Instant Messenger Teleguard ohne persönliche Angaben nutzbar . itmagazine.ch . January 20, 2021.

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