Here's how two European search upstarts aim to go after Google-from the index up

The European Search Perspective aims to reduce reliance on Google and Microsoft by indexing French and German language web pages to meet the growing demand for search data.

Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll notes that growing interest from EU regulators concerning potential violations of the Digital Markets Act offers new opportunities for smaller players in the search engine space.

With server costs decreasing and a need for diverse web indexes driven by generative AI projects, the timing for smaller search engines like Ecosia and Qwant is fortuitous.

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