All Europeans 🇪🇺<p>For our second <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a> here (we forgot it last week), we wanted to recommend European search engines 🇪🇺 that have accounts here on Mastodon. :mastolove:</p><p>So we tried to find on Mastodon the European companies listed on this post: <br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu/114174129661206035" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu/11417</span><span class="invisible">4129661206035</span></a></p><p>But unfortunately, very few of them are present on Mastodon. 😢</p><p>We believe that those companies who have chosen to join the Fediverse deserve our attention, even if we have not yet used their services.</p><p>By receiving their news in our feeds, we might be inspired to explore their services and be informed about their developments.</p><p>So we suggest following these 5 accounts to show your support and witness their growth as it unfolds. 😃 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MetaGer</span></a></span> 🇩🇪 (2.2k followers) - Congrats for having their own instance! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@StartpageSearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StartpageSearch</span></a></span> 🇳🇱 (4k followers)<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mojeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mojeek</span></a></span> 🇬🇧 (3.3k followers)<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Swisscows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Swisscows</span></a></span> 🇨🇭 (69 followers)</p><p>There is also the Open Web Search account: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://suma-ev.social/@openwebsearcheu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openwebsearcheu</span></a></span>. While they are not a company, they are a coalition of European research and computing centers that promotes Europe's independence in web search. If you'd like to be updated about Europe's digital sovereignty and search engine markets, follow them too! </p><p>Do you know any other European search engine that deserves a follow? Let us know! 🙂</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europeanalternatives</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEU</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a></p>