The European alternative to Google Search
Google Search now opens with an AI overview, then four ads, then "People also ask", then a knowledge panel, then maybe, finally, search results. Every query you type is logged against your account. Dazr Search is the EU-hosted alternative: no profile, no IP logging, no AI clutter, no ads above results.
Why people are leaving Google Search
The reasons stack up. Any one of these may be why you're here.
The page is mostly not results anymore
An AI overview at the top, four ads, then "People also ask", then "Top stories", then a knowledge panel, maybe a video carousel, and somewhere in there, search results. On mobile, you can scroll a full screen before reaching the first organic link.
Every query goes into your profile
If you're signed into a Google account and Web & App Activity is on (the default), your searches are saved to your account history and can be used to personalize results and ads across Google services. Even signed out, queries are associated with your IP and device.
AI overviews scrape from sites without sending you to them
The AI overview at the top of every Google result reads from the open web, summarizes it, and occupies the prime real estate that organic results used to occupy. Publishers see traffic drop because users get the answer without clicking. Whatever you think of AI summaries, the incentive structure is bad for the open web.
US jurisdiction
Google is under US laws like the CLOUD Act and FISA Section 702 that can require user data, sometimes through secret court orders. Your search history is one of the most sensitive datasets on earth: what you researched, what you wondered about, what you were thinking about looking up but didn't. After Schrems II, EU users have real reason to keep that data under European privacy law instead. Dazr Search is hosted in the EU.
SEO spam in the top 10
The first page of Google in 2026 is dominated by AI-generated affiliate content, Reddit threads (sometimes useful, often not), and Quora-style farms. Real expertise is buried. The product is degrading faster than Google can RankBrain its way out.
"AI Overviews" / SGE can't be turned off cleanly
Google's AI overview at the top of every results page (originally launched as "Search Generative Experience" or SGE, now branded "AI Overviews") is on by default in many regions. Disabling it cleanly usually involves a labs setting or a third-party browser extension. There's no first-class "just give me ten blue links" mode.
Dazr Search vs Google Search at a glance
Side by side, no rhetoric.
| Feature | Google Search | Dazr Search |
|---|---|---|
| Profiles searches against your account | Yes | No account exists |
| Logs your IP | Yes (anonymized eventually) | No |
| Country / jurisdiction | US | EU |
| Ads above results | Yes (up to 4) | None |
| AI overview by default | Yes (SGE) | No AI overlay |
| Tracks click-throughs to results | Yes | No |
| Personalizes results | Yes (signed in or fingerprinted) | No personalization |
| Sponsored shopping panel | Yes | None |
| Result sources | Google's index | EU-hosted meta-search backend |
| Image search lightbox | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledge panel / infobox | Yes | Yes (Wikipedia + OMDB) |
| Lyrics card | Yes | Yes (lrclib + lyrics.ovh) |
| Free | Yes (you pay with attention) | Free |
What changes when you switch
Just results
The Dazr Search results page shows: a search box, a category bar (All / Images / News / Videos), and the actual results. No AI overview that you have to scroll past. No four ads pretending to be results. No "People also ask" eating the next 30% of the page. The first organic result is at the top of the page, where it always belonged.
- No ads, ever, anywhere on the page
- No AI overview, no SGE, no summary box
- No promoted shopping carousel
- No infinite "People also ask" expansion
Nothing tied to you
Dazr Search doesn't know who you are because there's no account. Your queries aren't logged. Your IP isn't recorded. Click-throughs to results aren't tracked. There is no "search history" because there is no concept of a user. Two different people typing the same query get the same response.
- No user accounts, no login, no profile
- No IP logging
- No click tracking on results
- No personalization (so no filter bubble)
Hosted in the EU under EU law
Dazr Search runs on our own search backend, hosted in the European Union. Your queries land on EU servers governed by GDPR, not US data laws. For European users (and especially European businesses), this is the legal-clarity story that DuckDuckGo's US incorporation can't match.
- EU-hosted, EU-operated, EU-jurisdiction
- GDPR by construction (no data to even potentially mishandle)
- No US legal exposure
- Backend stack is open-source and audit-friendly
Where Google Search still has the edge
- Hyper-local "near me" queries. Google's local data is enormous, and queries like "Italian restaurants near me" lean heavily on it. Dazr Search handles local results well, but Google's local index is hard to match.
- Image and voice search. Google Lens and voice search are deeply mature. We're focused on text search first.
Frequently asked questions
Where do Dazr Search results come from?
Dazr Search runs on our own EU-hosted search backend. Our backend aggregates results from multiple sources (Brave's index, Mojeek, Wikipedia, Stack Exchange, GitHub, and others) without using Google. Your query reaches our server; from there it's fanned out to upstream engines without your IP attached.
Does Dazr Search log my queries?
No. We don't log your queries, we don't log your IP, we don't tie searches to a user (there's no account), we don't build a profile. The query lives in the request only as long as it takes to compute the results page.
How do I make Dazr Search my default?
Dazr Search supports OpenSearch. Most browsers will discover it automatically when you visit dazr.eu/s. In Chrome and Edge, go to Settings → Search engine → Manage search engines and click "Make default" next to Dazr. In Firefox, click the address bar's bookmark dropdown and choose "Add Dazr". The Dazr browser uses Dazr Search by default.
How is Dazr Search different from DuckDuckGo or Startpage?
DuckDuckGo's index is mostly powered by Bing under the hood; Startpage proxies Google. Dazr Search avoids both. It aggregates non-Big-Tech indexes via our own EU-hosted backend. The other meaningful difference is jurisdiction: Dazr is EU; DuckDuckGo is US, Startpage is Dutch (also EU). For EU sovereignty, Dazr and Startpage are options; if you specifically want non-Bing and non-Google upstream, Dazr is the cleaner pick.
Are search results as good as Google's?
For most queries, yes. For highly Google-tuned queries (specific local businesses near you, queries that depend on Google's massive personalization, very recent breaking news), Google still wins on relevance. That's the trade for the privacy. Dazr Search excels at clean, ad-free, no-AI-clutter results for the vast majority of everyday queries.
Are there ads on Dazr Search?
No. There are no ads, no sponsored results, no "shopping" panel, no AI overview that pushes results below the fold. The page shows search results. That's the product.
Try one search
Type something you'd normally Google. See the difference. Bookmark dazr.eu/s if you like it, set it as your default if you love it.
Open Dazr Search