Mojeek was created to provide a globally competitive and genuine alternative search engine based in the UK, and from the outset one that didn't track its users nor simply retrieve its results from another engine (i.e. to provide real alternative results). Mojeek's technology has been developed entirely from scratch by Marc Smith, mostly using the C programming language, and uses no pre-existing search or web crawler technology. All technology and IP is fully owned by Mojeek Limited. Mojeek runs on servers that are part of our own built and managed infrastructure, all housed in a green data centre in our own dedicated and secure room. 2004 : Mojeek launched on 2 donated servers, on broadband, from Marc's bedroom! 2005 : One of the first search engines to provide custom search: Have it your way with the Mojeek search engine 2006 : First search engine to have a no tracking privacy policy: Web Archive 2006/03/18 2006 : First search engine to allow theme'ing of custom search: Mojeek adds customization to personal search 2009 : Accepted first investment from a private investor (£50,000). 2011 : Mojeek mentioned in a parliamentary debate: Hansard Debate on UK Search Engines 2011 : After a complete rewrite (I know, I know), moved new servers into a datacentre for the first time! 2011 : New index starts being crawled and built from scratch. 2012 : New Mojeek launched: UK Company Launches Brand New Search Engine 2013 : Received first major investment from group of private investors (£250,000). 2014 : Set new personal record of adding over 5 million new pages to our search index in a single day. 2015 : Mojeek's founder appears on BBC World's Global show and Radio 5 Live . 2015 : First and only search engine in UK and one of just a handful worldwide to search over a billion pages! 2016 : Mojeek secures funding to double its current index size. 2017 : Mojeek demos the world's first emotional web search. 2018 : Mojeek secures further funding to expand its team. 2018 : Mojeek passes two billion page milestone. 2018 : Image Search and Knowledge Box Launched.

2019 : Launched the Search Engine Map website. 2019 : Added 100 more web servers. 2019 : Mojeek gets a new logo. 2020 : Mojeek hires CEO and expands team. 2021 : Mojeek indexes over 4 billion pages. 2022 : Mojeek Community launched 2022 : Mojeek adds Search Choices 2022 : Mojeek passes 5 billion pages 2022 : Mojeek releases Focus 2022 : Mojeek adds Cookieless preferences 2022 : Mojeek passes 6 billion pages 2023 : Mojeek expands search choices 2023 : Mojeek adds Openverse as Image Search provider 2023 : Mojeek launches NoML campaign 2023 : Mojeek passes 7 billion pages 2023 : Mojeek Safesearch released in beta 2024 : Mojeek adds Semantic Search 2024 : Mojeek Search Summaries 2024 : Mojeek passes 8 billion pages 2025 : Mojeek passes 9 billion pages For further information, please contact us .