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Blockchain-Based Search Engines: All You Need to Know - Technology Org

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Every single day, 3.5 billion queries go through Google’s search algorithm. The brand has become a real behemoth as far as the search engines are concerned. It now controls almost 90% of the search market. The brand’s symbiotic relationship with publishers and everyday web users is responsible for more than 80% of its revenues. Although there is nothing wrong with making money off advertising, the privacy issues that surround being a regular user of the Google-controlled web is a concern for many people. Additionally, Google’s monopoly of the information served up on the web means they are always in control of the narrative in any discourse knowingly or unknowingly. This explains why several alternatives to Google exist and why many more are under construction. One such alternative is the blockchain-based search engine (BBSE). Unlike Google, BBSEs do not have centralized controls. Instead, they are distributed across multiple networks. With a blockchain-based search engine, no compan

Every single day, 3.5 billion queries go through Google’s search algorithm. The brand has become a real behemoth as far as the search engines are concerned. It now controls almost 90% of the search market . The brand’s symbiotic relationship with publishers and everyday web users is responsible for more than 80% of its revenues. Although there is nothing wrong with making money off advertising, the privacy issues that surround being a regular user of the Google-controlled web is a concern for many people. Additionally, Google’s monopoly of the information served up on the web means they are al

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