Mojeek
Twenty years of independent crawling
Overview
Mojeek (UK, since 2004) crawls the web itself—no Google or Bing APIs. One of the purest examples of search-engine independence.
Its privacy policy is explicit: no search history, no profiles, no selling data to third parties. It researches unique ranking such as Emotional Ranking.
Index size trails Google, but English web search is solid. Japanese search is improving; good for supporting independent search rather than meta-search proxies.
Scores
Google Search — comparison
Smaller index and fewer features than Google, but data never flows to Google. No sponsor slots or Google result bias—true independent crawl.
Pros
- ✓ Fully independent crawl index
- ✓ No query relay to Google/Bing
- ✓ Strict privacy policy
- ✓ Completely free
- ✓ 20+ years of operation
Cons & caveats
- − Much smaller index than Google
- − Limited Japanese coverage and quality
- − No mobile app
- − Fewer features than Google/Kagi
Best for
- People who want to support true independent search
- Users avoiding Google/Bing query relay
- English-centric web searchers
Not ideal for
- Japanese local search as daily default
- Users who need maximum coverage
- People who want AI summaries and advanced tools
Specs
- Pricing
- Free — Completely free. Not ad-driven; paid API may come later—search is free today.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Data location
- United Kingdom (Mojeek Ltd.), UK GDPR. Search data is not used for identification or sold to third parties.
- Platforms
- Web · Browser extension
Migration from Google Search
- 1 Test English and Japanese queries at mojeek.com
- 2 Start using Mojeek as a secondary engine
- 3 Add Mojeek as a custom browser search engine
- 4 Split usage: Mojeek for English, DuckDuckGo etc. for Japanese
Setup steps
- 1 Visit https://www.mojeek.com/ and test searches
- 2 Add Mojeek as a custom search engine in browser settings
- 3 Search URL: https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=%s
- 4 Install Mojeek Browser Extension (Firefox/Chrome)
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