Google will soon give “ethical” search engine Ecosia a more prominent place in Chrome, a move that comes as Google faces growing scrutiny over its anti-competitive practices.

But by including Ecosia in the prominent dropdown menu in Chrome’s settings, anyone looking to change their default search engine will now see Ecosia listed alongside Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo.

The main impact of changing the default search engine is that anyone who uses the “omnibox” web address bar at the top of the browser to search the web can stipulate which search engine provider delivers the results.

And it is definitely worth noting here that Ecosia is powered by Microsoft’s Bing search engine.

Ecosia is all about the “ethical alternative” to Google — on its homepage, it asks users to “search the web to plant trees,” with a rolling counter showing everyone how many trees Ecosia has helped to plant since its inception. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584009005.6255586/How-Google-Chrome-could-help-‘ethical’-search-engine-Ecosia-plant-more-trees?ref=audio_experience