Editing Startpage (section)

=== Early history ===
Ixquick was created in 1998 by David Bodnick in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Dowdell|first=Jason|date=23 March 2005|title=IXQuick.com Q & A With David Bodnick & Alex van Eesteren|url=http://www.marketingshift.com/2005/3/ixquickcom-q-with-david-bodnick-alex.cfm|access-date=22 January 2019|website=Marketing Shift|archive-date=21 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821225505/http://www.marketingshift.com/2005/3/ixquickcom-q-with-david-bodnick-alex.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Initially, it provided [[metasearch]] for 14 different web and directory search engines as well as images, news, and [[MP3]] engines.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/23/search-engines/|title=Search Engines: 'Ixquick', a Multi-Search Engine With a Difference|first=Phil|last=Bradley|date=22 January 2019|journal=Ariadne|issue=23|access-date=22 January 2019|via=www.ariadne.ac.uk}}</ref> Results were sorted after evaluating how relevant each of the search tools found the query.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/computer_shopper_2000-11|title=Computer Shopper (November 2000)|date=1 November 2000|access-date=22 January 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Surfboard Holding BV, a company based in [[Zeist]], Netherlands, and led by CEO Robert E. G. Beens, acquired Ixquick in 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 June 2013|title=Alternative zu Google: Ixquick bzw. Startpage|work=News.ch|url=http://www.news.ch/Alternative+zu+Google+Ixquick+bzw+Startpage/589462/detail.htm|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> Ixquick was re-launched on 23 March 2005 with new features including a redesigned metasearch algorithm.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202218/http://www.hventure.nl/eng/surfboard0305.html New Ixquick International Search Engine Unveiled]" www.hventure.nl. 23 March 2005.</ref>

[[File:Ixquick2001.png|thumb|The Ixquick webpage as it appeared in 2001]]
Startpage.com began as a [[web directory]] on January 28th, 1998<ref>{{Cite web|title=Starting Page Media Kit|url=http://startingpage.com/media/startingpage_media_kit.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20001214044300/http://startingpage.com/media/startingpage_media_kit.html|archive-date=14 December 2000|access-date=27 April 2025|website=Startpage}}</ref> and started [[Mirror site|mirroring]] Ixquick in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Startpage.com Homepage|url=http://www.startpage.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030209035810/http://www.startpage.com/|archive-date=9 February 2003|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Startpage}}</ref> On 7 July 2009, the company re-launched Startpage.com to fetch results only from the [[Google Search|Google search engine]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 July 2015|title=What is the difference between StartPage and Ixquick?|url=https://support.startpage.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/55/7/when-is-your-startmail-private-email-service-going-to-be-released|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208011605/https://support.startpage.com/index.php?%2FKnowledgebase%2FArticle%2FView%2F103%2F0%2Fwhat-is-the-difference-between-startpage-and-ixquick|archive-date=8 February 2016|access-date=7 August 2013|website=Startpage Support Center}}</ref> Prior to the release of [[Tor (anonymity network)#Tor Browser|Tor Browser]] version 4.5 in April 2015, Startpage.com was its default search engine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tor Browser 4.5 is released|url=https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-45-released|access-date=16 September 2015|publisher=blog.torproject.org}}</ref>