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searx-engine
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97175219
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97175219
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Mar 26, 2020
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Markus Heiser
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Minor improvements of the HTML *about* page
Signed-off-by:
Markus Heiser
<
markus.heiser@darmarit.de
>
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<hr
/>
<h2>
Technical details - How does it work?
</h2>
<p>
Searx is a
<a
href=
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine"
>
metasearch engine
</a>
,
inspired by the
<a
href=
"https://beniz.github.io/seeks/"
>
seeks project
</a>
.
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our
logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
the default search engine.
</p>
<h2>
Why use searx?
</h2>
<ul>
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@@ -50,13 +34,30 @@
better. See more on
<a
href=
"https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
>
github
</a>
.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it
on your own server
</p>
<h2
id=
'add to browser'
>
Can it be set as the default search engine?
</h2>
<h2>
Technical details - How does it work?
</h2>
<p>
Searx is a
<a
href=
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine"
>
metasearch engine
</a>
,
inspired by the
<a
href=
"https://beniz.github.io/seeks/"
>
seeks project
</a>
.
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our
logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
the default search engine.
</p>
<h2
id=
'add to browser'
>
How to set as the default search engine?
</h2>
<dt>
Firefox
</dt>
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@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)
</dd>
<h2>
How to debug engines
?
</h2>
<h2>
Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance
?
</h2>
<p>
<a
href=
"{{ url_for('stats') }}"
>
Stats page
</a>
contains some useful data about the engines used.
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@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
<p>
Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
code from the
<a
href=
"https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
>
orgin searx proje
k
ct
</a>
and
code from the
<a
href=
"https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
>
orgin searx project
</a>
and
run it yourself!
</p>
<p>
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