Question 1

What does Marisei actually do?

Accepted Answer

Every search is run against the wider web, then each destination website is put through a Sapher trust assessment. Only sites that pass the assessment are shown to you, so the results page is a filtered view rather than everything that was found.

Question 2

How is a trust score worked out?

Accepted Answer

Each website is scored against live signals: whether it answers securely over HTTPS with a valid certificate, whether it stays on its own address instead of redirecting elsewhere, whether it publishes contact, privacy and business details, and whether the address itself shows common warning signs such as look-alike spellings, throwaway suffixes or phishing keywords. Positive signals add points, warning signs subtract them as a starting point. Additional proprietary algorithms are applied as well as AI to arrive at a final trust score.

Question 3

What is the pass mark for a trusted site?

Accepted Answer

A site needs to reach a passing score before it is shown. The exact threshold is determined by the proprietary Sapher algorithm, but as a guide anything below the pass mark is treated as too risky to display and is hidden instead of being shown with a warning label.

Question 4

What domains are trusted by default?

Accepted Answer

Most domains are assessed individually at search time. A small Sapher managed allowlist of critical sites can bypass scoring and always appear, because Sapher is constantly verifying them. Everything else is screened before it reaches the results page to confirm the integrity of the website and has not been compromised in the meantime.

Question 5

Why did a site I know disappear from the results?

Accepted Answer

If a site cannot be reached at the moment of assessment, or it scores below the pass mark, it is left out rather than shown with a warning. Sapher can add sites that are known to be safe to the trusted list, and those always appear.

Question 6

Are scores checked every single time I search?

Accepted Answer

No. Once a site has been assessed the score is stored in the trust database and reused until it expires, so repeat searches are faster and fewer assessments are needed. Expired scores are checked again the next time the site appears.

Question 7

How do I submit my own trust decision?

Accepted Answer

Use the form at the bottom of this page. Tell us the website, whether you think it should be trusted, distrusted or you are unsure, and optionally why. Submissions are reviewed by the administrator and can be added to the trusted list or used to improve scoring.

Question 8

Where does the AI answer come from?

Accepted Answer

Answers are written by Google Gemini. For everyday questions the answer comes from the model's own knowledge and cites nothing. For product or service questions the model is shown only the websites that passed the trust assessment, and those are cited as numbered sources beneath the answer.

Question 9

Can the AI quote a site that failed the trust check?

Accepted Answer

No. The same screening that decides what appears in the results decides what the model is allowed to read, so a blocked site is never summarised, quoted or linked.

Question 10

What happens when Gemini is busy or unavailable?

Accepted Answer

The request is retried a couple of times, then falls back to a built-in model so you still get an answer. There is also a daily cap on answer requests so the underlying quota is never exceeded.

How Marisei utilises Sapher's trust assessment

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