# Search Engine

A search engine is a software that searches and finds web pages given a search
term.
Search engines are usually set as the start page of a
[web browser](/wiki/web_browser.md).

## Engine Providers

There are various search engines that can be used.

- [Google](https://www.google.com/) is the most used search engine in the world.
  Despite that being the case it has questionable privacy standards.
- [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) is a privacy oriented search engine.
  For that reason it does not feature personalized search results.
- [Whoogle](/wiki/whoogle.md) is a free metasearch engine that can be
  self-hosted.
  It uses the general layout of the Google search engine.
- [Searx](/wiki/searx.md) is a free metasearch engine that can be self-hosted.