Qwant
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| Company type | Société par actions simplifiée |
|---|---|
| Industry | Web search engine |
| Founded | Paris, France (February 16, 2013) |
| Founder | Jean-Manuel Rozan Éric Leandri |
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue | 5,800,000 Euro (2019)  |
| Website | www |
Qwant is a French company providing an eponymous web search engine. It claims not to use user tracking nor filter bubble to provide search results.[1] The service initially launched on February 16, 2013, as a beta version, with a stable version released on July 4, 2013.[2] A new version was made available in April 2015.[3]
Search
Qwant offers several types of results including conventional websites, online stores, news websites and social networks.[4]
According to its founder, Qwant does not want to compete with Google but "to show something different".
In Search mode, the results are organized in columns:
- Web
- News
- Qnowledge (displayed infoboxes of certain Wikipedia articles)
- Social
- Shopping
It is possible to refine the search for each column by typing another keyword.
The "Media" mode is for photos and videos; while the "People" mode if for finding people or organizations on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Myspace.
Users can create a free account allowing them to create notebooks and notes.
Creation and launch
This search engine was cofounded in 2011 by Jean-Manuel Rozan, a financier, and Éric Leandri, specialist in computer security.
It was launched February 16, 2013, after two years of research and development.[5]
Communication
Several French newspapers and news sites talked about Qwant just after its beta launch in February 2013 and its final launch in July 2013.
- « Qwant.com - The new social search engine », en.kioskea.net
- « Qwant, le moteur de recherche à la française », france_info.fr Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant : un moteur de recherche français pour concurrencer Google », pcinpact.com Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant : moteur de recherche français à la sauce sociale », zdnet.fr Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant : moteur de recherche made in France », génération-nt.com Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant, le nouveau moteur de recherche français à l’assaut de Google, Bing et Yahoo ?! », lejournaldunumerique.com Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant.com, challenger de Google », le_nouvel_economiste.fr Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant, le moteur de recherche français, est lancé », futura-sciences.com Template:Fr icon
- « Qwant, un nouveau moteur de recherche français qui parcourt les réseaux sociaux », l'expansion.l'express.fr Template:Fr icon
Criticism
Shortly after the release, many observers expressed doubts about the nature of Qwant. According to them, Qwant is not really a search engine but simply a website aggregating results of other search engines like Bing and the "Qnowledge Graph" is only the content of Wikipedia.[6] The company has rejected the reports and assert that they do have their own Web crawler and use other search engines for semantic indexing related purposes.[7]
References
- ^ https://www.qwant.com/privacy
- ^ "Qwant : le nouveau moteur de recherche français est officiellement lancé". Atlantico (in French). Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ https://blog.qwant.com/en/welcome-to-the-new-qwant-2/
- ^ "Qwant : le nouveau moteur de recherche made in France fait de bons débuts". Atlantico (in French). Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "About". Qwant. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "Qwant : moteur de recherche ou simple agrégateur d'infos ?". Abondance (in French). Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "Qwant ?". Qwant. Retrieved August 19, 2013.