Startpage.com

Startpage is a Dutch search engine company that highlights privacy as its distinguishing feature. The website advertises that it allows users to obtain Google Search results while protecting users' privacy by not storing personal information or search data and removing all trackers. Startpage.com also includes an Anonymous View browsing feature that allows users the option to open search results via proxy for increased anonymity.

"Startpage" redirects here. For the main page in a website, see Home page.

Startpage
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Type of site
Search engine
Proxy server
Available inMultilingual
HeadquartersWilhelmina van Pruisenweg 104, The Hague, the Netherlands
OwnerStartpage BV
ParentSurfboard Holding BV
URLstartpage.com
Launched
  • 1998 (1998) (as Ixquick)
  • 2002 (2002) (as Startpage)

Startpage.com began as a sister company of Ixquick, a metasearch engine founded in 1998. The two websites were merged in 2016. In October 2019, Startpage received a significant investment from Privacy One Group, a subsidiary of System1.

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