Presearch Enables Searchers to Switch from Google

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Google, a search engine that began as a research project back in 1996, has come to dominate the world of search.

While the Presearch community develops its decentralized search engine, they have launched a beta search tool that enables users to search many existing search engines from a single search field.

Prior to today’s release, all Presearch users were being forced to use Google as their default engine.

The ability to customize their homepage options and change the default search engine has been the #1 request received during the beta test, which has grown to include more than 2,000 users, half of which use the platform daily, each generating more than 20 page views per day on average.

Presearch is continuing to see significant usage and user retention with the beta product.

While the 193k searches in 5 weeks is impressive alone, what we're more excited about is that for 70k of those searches, users CHOSE the Presearch results page. Almost 2/3rds as often as they used Google, which is the default search provider.

It remains to be seen what effect the new customization options will have on usage and selection of search engines, but the Presearch team is optimistic that the ability to set the Presearch results as their default will drive even more usage of the feature.

There are currently around 80 options to choose from, a number that is expected to grow significantly in the coming months, especially as Presearch begins offering users the ability to localize and add in their own search options, allowing them to search internal resources such as company intranets and CRM systems.

For more information, please visit www.presearch.io or www.presearch.org to join the beta testing program.