SEARCH ENGINE · OWN INDEX
What is Swisscows?
Swisscows is a search engine run by Swisscows AG. It runs its own index. Also on record: a cooperation with Brave; no share of results given. No structured data support is documented in the pages read. Its pages do not limit it to listed countries.
Last checked November 10, 2026 · 1 sources
- Type
- Search engine
- Run by
- Swisscows AG
- Results come from
- Its own indexAlso on record: A cooperation with Brave; no share of results given
- Recorded markets
- Not limited to listed countries in its pages
- Where its share is highest
- StatCounter does not track Swisscows.
- Share, worldwide
- StatCounter does not track Swisscows.
- Structured data formats
- None documented
- Rich result types
- None on record
Where does Swisscows get its results?
Mixed sources: Swisscows says it has its own search index and that result quality rests partly on that index; it also credits a cooperation with Brave and its own semantic technology[1]. Ads are delivered through the partner System1. Bing and Microsoft are not mentioned on the page.
Engines and providers it names
Brave SearchCovers one part only
A cooperation with Brave; no share of results given[1]
Conditions recorded: Swisscows calls it a cooperation and does not give a share of results
Words on the source page: “the cooperation of our anonymous search engine with Brave”
Engines that use results from Swisscows
The research records no engine that takes its general results from Swisscows or is built on it by the same company.
Which countries use Swisscows?
StatCounter does not track Swisscows. None of the labels in its search engine figures for October 2026 maps to Swisscows in this research. StatCounter Global Stats
Recorded markets
The research records no country limit for Swisscows: its pages do not limit it to listed countries.
Does Swisscows use structured data?
The research records no documented support for any structured data format for Swisscows.
| Format | Documented support | What the research records |
|---|---|---|
| JSON-LD | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
| Microdata | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
| RDFa | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
| Open Graph | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
| Microformats | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
| Twitter Cards | Not documented | Not documented on the first-party pages fetched.[1] |
“Not documented” means the pages read do not say; it does not mean the format is ignored.
Rich resultsThe research records no rich result type for Swisscows.
How it crawlsThe research records no crawler token for Swisscows.
How do I test my markup for Swisscows?
The research records no markup testing tool of its own for Swisscows.
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Site ownersThe research records no guidelines or vocabularies of its own for Swisscows.
What could not be verified?
These claims about Swisscows came up in the research, but no page that could be read confirms them. They are kept apart, and nothing above rests on them.
Share of results that come from Brave versus Swisscows' own index, and the name of the Swisscows crawler.
Why it is open: The home page gives neither a split nor a crawler token.
How it was checked
Source 1 read in full; https://swisscows.com/en/faq (HTTP 404).
Sources
The pages the research used for Swisscows, numbered as cited above. Accessed November 10, 2026 unless shown.
- 1.Your private and anonymous search engine Swisscows · Swisscows AG
Market share figures: StatCounter Global Stats, search engine market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.