Brave Search Engine Debuts NEW ‘Goggles’ Feature | Here’s What it Does

Brave's search engine debuts a new "Goggles" feature, enabling users to make searching more customizable to their liking.

Brave Search's 'Goggles'

Brave Search calls its new customizing feature "Goggles," which oddly sounds like the giant search engine, Google.

But this all-new feature, which is still in Beta testing, brings a whole level of customization options to its search results.

As per a news story by The Verge, "Goggles" has the potential to show search results that are mostly hidden away in more traditional services like Google and Bing.

It is thanks to the custom filters that Brave Search introduces with its new Beta function. It should tweak the ranking of results based on the applied filters.

The Verge notes that Brave is independent from giant search engines like Bing and Google. And the privacy-focused firm touts that it "doesn't have editorial biases."

But in reality, algorithms themselves have some sort of bias, and the new Goggles feature seeks to ditch just that.

How Does Brave's 'Goggles' Work

According to a recent report by Ghacks, 'Goggles' debuted with a limited number of custom filters, allowing users to change the ranking of search results or remove a specific source.

One of the earliest options of custom Goggles filters prioritizes tech blogs in the results on Brave Search.

Another Goggles option remarkably hides all results redirecting to Pinterest. The Verge notes that this specific one shows that Brave understands the frustration of seeing Pinterest image results, which leads to a post with no source at all.

Meanwhile, the "copycats removal" Goggle trims down the results to more relevant sources as it excludes "copycat content."

The Beta also has an option that allows users to remove results from the massive websites, specifically the top 1,000 most visited online.

These are just some options that Brave Search offers its users in its Beta stage. But the search engine says that its users could expand them.

Brave also disclosed that it plans to delete these Beta options once users have started working on their versions.

However, The Verge says in its report that creating a Goggle is a bit complex for most folks online. It is not as easy as filtering your searches on Gmail.

Instead, the new feature of Brave Search requires creators of new Goggles to learn some coding. If you are a developer this should be an easy task for you. But most of us need to sharpen our coding skills first.

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Written by Teejay Boris