# Search without Google

> European alternatives to Google, honestly assessed. Most use Microsoft Bing under the hood — only Mojeek runs its own index. Here's which one to pick depending on what you actually care about.

European alternatives to Google, honestly assessed.

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The default search box on every European browser sends 90% of queries to Google. The other 10% mostly goes to Microsoft Bing. Both companies are American, both train AI on what you search for, both decide what counts as "the web".

One thing worth knowing first: most European "alternatives" still use Bing's index under the hood. Qwant, Ecosia, and swisscows pay Microsoft for search results and add a privacy layer on top.

Mojeek and Seznam are the rare exceptions, both crawling their own index: Mojeek from the UK since 2004, Seznam from Czechia since 1996. Genuinely European-owned, though Seznam's index is built for the Czech and Slovak web rather than the world.