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~- [[FreedomBox/Manual/Searx|English]] - [[es/FreedomBox/Manual/Searx|Español]] - [[DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation|(+)]] -~
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##TAG:TRANSLATION-HEADER-END
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<<TableOfContents()>>
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## BEGIN_INCLUDE
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== Searx (Web Search) ==
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||<tablestyle="float: right;"> {{attachment:Searx-icon_en_V01.png|Searx icon}} ||
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'''Available since''': version 0.24.0
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=== About Searx ===
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Searx is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine|metasearch engine]]. A metasearch engine aggregates the results from various search engines and presents them in a unified interface.
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Read more about Searx on their [[https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/|official website]].
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=== Screenshot ===
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{{attachment:searx-screenshot.png|Searx Screenshot|width=800}}
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=== Screencast ===
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[[attachment:Searx.webm|Searx installation and first steps|&do=get]] (14 MB)
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=== Why use Searx? ===
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==== Personalization and Filter Bubbles ====
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Search engines have the ability to profile users and serve results most relevant to them, putting people into [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble|filter bubbles]], thus distorting people's view of the world. Search engines have a financial incentive to serve interesting advertisements to their users, increasing their chances of clicking on the advertisements.
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A metasearch engine is a possible solution to this problem, as it aggregates results from multiple search engines thus bypassing personalization attempts by search engines.
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Searx avoids storing cookies from search engines as a means of preventing tracking and profiling by search engines.
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==== Advertisement filtering ====
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Searx filters out advertisements from the search results before serving the results, thus increasing relevance the of your search results and saving you from distractions.
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==== Privacy ====
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Searx uses HTTP POST instead of GET by default to send your search queries to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine|search engines]], so that anyone snooping your traffic wouldn't be able to read your queries. The search queries wouldn't stored in browser history either.
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'''Note:''' Searx used from Chrome browser's omnibar would make GET requests instead of POST.
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=== Searx on FreedomBox ===
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* Searx on !FreedomBox uses Single Sign On. This means that you should be logged in into your !FreedomBox in the browser that you're using Searx.
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* SearX is easily accessible via Tor.
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* Searx can be added as a search engine to the Firefox browser's search bar. See [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox|Firefox Help]] on this topic. Once Searx is added, you can also set it as your default search engine.
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* Searx also offers search results in csv, json and rss formats, which can be used with scripts to automate some tasks.
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=== External links ===
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* Website: https://searx.me
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* User documentation: https://searx.github.io/searx/user/index.html
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## END_INCLUDE
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Back to [[FreedomBox/Features|Features introduction]] or [[FreedomBox/Manual|manual]] pages.
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<<Include(FreedomBox/Portal)>>
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CategoryFreedomBox
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