The Marisei blog
How a private, trust-filtered search engine is built, what it deliberately does not do, and the trade-offs behind hiding a result instead of labelling it.
· 7 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
Website Trackers Explained: Analytics, Pixels & Advertising Trackers
Learn what website trackers, analytics tools, tracking pixels and advertising trackers do, what information they can collect, and how Marisei detects and alerts you to them.
Read the article· 9 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
Can you trust the top Google search result? How scammers manipulate search results
Scammers use paid ads, SEO poisoning and fake websites to appear at the top of Google. Learn how search scams work, how to spot malicious websites and how trust-validated search can help.
Read the article· 6 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
Local search is where fake sites do the most damage
Urgent local searches — a locksmith, a tow truck, roadside assistance — are the ones people click fastest and check least. That is exactly why the trust check sits in front of them.
Read the article· 7 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
What a private search engine actually has to give up
Privacy claims are easy to make and hard to verify. Here is the concrete list of things Marisei chose not to build, what that costs the product, and the data it does keep.
Read the article· 8 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
How trust-filtering stops a phishing page before you open it
Phishing does not need you to be careless; it needs you to be quick. This is the anatomy of a convincing fake site, and the specific signals a trust assessment uses to keep it off a results page.
Read the article· 8 min read · By Joseph Villalobos
Why Marisei hides a result it cannot verify
Most search engines show everything they find and leave the judgement to you. Marisei fails closed: if a site's trust assessment does not come back clean, the result never reaches your screen.
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