What is Ecosia?
{{Infobox website |name = Ecosia |logo = File:Logo Ecosia 2022.svg |type = Search engine |founder = Christian Kroll |founded = {{start date and age|2009|12|7}} |url = https://www.ecosia.org |revenue=35.3M€ (2023)|commercial=Yes|users=>20,000,000|language=English and 27 more|headquarters=Berlin, Germany}} '''Ecosia''' is a [[search engine]] based in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. Its profits are mainly given to [[nonprofit]] organizations for replanting [[trees]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees|url=https://info.ecosia.org/?ref=fb-share|access-date=2021-05-11|website=info.ecosia.org|language=en}}</ref> The description of the company show it is a social business. It keeps information about users safe.The company claims to have planted over 200 million trees around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-02-01|title=200 million trees|url=https://blog.ecosia.org/200-million-trees/|access-date=2024-06-14|website=The Ecosia Blog|language=en}}</ref> == Search engine == When the company was created, it used [[Yahoo!]], [[Microsoft Bing]], and Wikimedia's technology. Yahoo! served as advertisements. Soon in 2018, Ecosia said it would be a privacy-friendly search engine. In the [[Privacy]] Policy it states that it would not permanently store data or use tracking services. When a search is made to a partnered website, a [[Euro]] is donated to tree replant services. From September 2023, Ecosia will be partnering with new search providers to keep improving your search experience and to have an even greater positive climate impact. From now on, you will be getting search results from both [[Microsoft Bing]] and [[Google Search|Google]], to improve your search experience.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Content and privacy changes - Ecosia Help Center|url=https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/505-new-search-providers|access-date=2024-01-25|website=ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com|archive-date=2024-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713091559/https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/505-new-search-pr