thanks a lot for mentioning us; you can send us in searches which could be better via the submit feedback button on results pages, if you'd like :D

noone expected this

pretty much: https://www.searchenginemap.com/, used to be +the Yandex API

~~Search Engine Optimization~~ Google Optimization

working on it! If you have any searches not working for you then please send them in to us; it's one the main ways in which we identify issues and improve Mojeek for everyone.

can't emphasise too much that this piece is a very necessary read for anyone who wants to know about search; not just because it says good things about us, but because of the depth of research which has been put in here. Most times you encounter an article about indexes they are just taking whatever a (meta)search engine says about themselves, not even looking at privacy policies for "relationships with microsoft" etc. or doing any comparative work.

and when people let us know where we fall down we're able to make it better, growing alongside the userbase!

Swisscows does use Bing, Startpage uses Bing and/or Google depending upon where you are, we are fully independent: https://www.searchenginemap.com/ is a visualisation that might be useful

This is correct, we are independent and have been since all the way back in 2004, 8bn-page index and growing 😀

you can smash the "submit feedback" button on the page when you get a duff search and send it into us, it's how we improve: https://blog.mojeek.com/2024/02/major-algorithm-update.html

mojeek and lynx together, love this combo!

good write up, we're Mojeek Limited, not Mojeek LLC; LLC as a formation in the UK is called a "Private Limited Company" (PLC) which is contracted to .ltd or limited.