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===Dedicated encrypted search page=== Various search engines provide encrypted Web search facilities. In May 2010 Google rolled out SSL-encrypted web search.<ref name="sslsearch01">{{Cite web |date=May 2010 |title=SSL Search: Features β Web Search Help |url=https://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=173733&hl=en |access-date=July 7, 2010 |website=Web Search Help |archive-date=May 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524223335/http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=173733&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The encrypted search was accessed at <code>encrypted.google.com</code><ref>{{Cite web |title=Encrypted.google.com |url=http://encrypted.google.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229012329/https://encrypted.google.com/ |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=August 4, 2012 }}</ref> However, the web search is encrypted via Transport Layer Security ([[Transport Layer Security|TLS]]) by default today, thus every search request should be automatically encrypted if TLS is supported by the web browser.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 13, 2014 |title=Google Will Start Encrypting Your Searches |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/23495/google-search-encryption/ |access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> On its support website, Google announced that the address <code>encrypted.google.com</code> would be turned off April 30, 2018, stating that all Google products and most new browsers use HTTPS connections as the reason for the discontinuation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encrypted.google.com is going away |url=https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/7631341?hl=en |access-date=May 18, 2018 |publisher=Google Inc. |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327083733/https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/7631341?hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
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