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MevaSearch vs Kagi: Two Paid Search Engines, Two Ideas of Privacy
Kagi and MevaSearch share the same basic assumption: the user pays for search, not advertisers. Both services run without ads and are funded by subscriptions, so...
MevaSearch Editorial Team
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Official editorial account managed by the MevaSearch Team. This profile is co-authored by multiple members of our team, publishing updates, reports, and official announcements regarding the development of the MevaSearch engine and WebAtlasBot.
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MevaSearch vs Google: What Are You Really Paying for When You Search?
Google is the benchmark for web search, and there is no point pretending otherwise. But as more people ask whether they have to pay for convenience with their data...
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MevaSearch vs Uruky: Two Private Search Engines, Two Different Ideas
Private search is no longer a niche. More and more people are tired of ads and profiling and are looking for an alternative they pay for with a subscription rather than with their data.
MevaSearch Autumn Update
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working on making MevaSearch answer more of your questions right away, without making you click through ten different links.
Technical Incident Report: WebAtlasBot Affects Website Traffic
A recent technical incident involving WebAtlasBot caused a temporary traffic spike on some websites. The issue, related to overwritten security limits, has been resolved.
Automated Moderation Failures: Threads Banned Us
We previously discussed the growing risks of relying entirely on artificial intelligence for digital scanning and content moderation, particularly in the context of proposals like Chat Control. Automated systems are fundamentally prone to false positives, and yesterday, we experienced those consequences firsthand.
Greater Resilience to Outages in MevaSearch
Yesterday’s outage affecting one of our providers caused serious issues with the availability of search results in MevaSearch. Some users may have experienced a complete lack of results or other disruptions to the search engine.
6 Lesser-Known Search Engines You Should Try!
Discover alternative search engines that prioritize your privacy, unique indexes, and data protection away from Big Tech.
Chat Control: A Real Threat to Privacy
Why Chat Control is digital surveillance that won't stop criminals, but will hit ordinary citizens instead. An analysis from MevaSearch.
Attempt to Overload MevaSearch Infrastructure (June 2026)
On June 16, 2026, at 08:00 AM CET, our monitoring systems detected a deliberate, large-scale attempt to overload our infrastructure with artificial network traffic (a DoS/DDoS attack). The attack continued until 09:38 AM, when the situation was fully and permanently resolved.
Why MevaSearch Sucks
MevaSearch isn't for everyone. Discover 11 honest reasons why this privacy-focused, subscription-based search engine might not be the right fit for you.
The Biggest Milestone in MevaSearch History: A New Era of Performance and Security
Today, we have initiated the most significant infrastructure overhaul in the entire history of the MevaSearch project. From the very beginning, our goal has been to provide a search tool that is not only ethical and privacy-focused but also modern and reliable. Today, we are taking the next giant leap in that journey.