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New here? Start with these

Getting startedA five-minute tour of the home pageWalk through the home page from top to bottom: menu, colour theme button, service tabs, search box, topics list, front page and footer.6 min readGetting startedRun your first searchType your words, press Enter and read the page you get: AI Overview, news and web results, and how to narrow them by date, tab, story or topic.5 min readGetting startedChoose the right tabA guide to every tab in 4Search, from All and News to Finance, Weather and Maps, with a table that matches what you want to do to the tab that does it.4 min read

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Start here

Getting started New here? Learn what 4Search is, take a five-minute tour and run your first search. 7 guides Guides by goal Start from what you want to get done: track a stock, plan a trip, follow an election, research a topic. 13 guides

Search and AI

Searching The tabs, filters, operators and result cards, and how to get exactly the results you want. 17 guides AI answers AI Overview and AI Mode: quick answers and a conversation, with the sources shown. 11 guides Topics and your front page Browse by subject, follow what you care about, and read a front page built from your topics. 7 guides

Services

Finance Quotes, charts, markets, earnings and your watchlist, with the news behind the numbers. 31 guides Not on this site Politics Congress, bills, votes, elections and regulations, with prediction markets and the news. 19 guides Not on this site Predictions What prediction markets expect about elections, the economy, sports and more, in one place. 17 guides Not on this site Weather Forecasts for any ZIP code or city, live radar, severe weather alerts and hurricanes. 17 guides Not on this site Maps Search places, get directions, switch map types and save the places you use. 13 guides Not on this site Shopping Compare offers from many stores in one search and go straight to the seller. 7 guides Not on this site

Make it yours

Personalize Colour themes, the things you follow, your home place and installing 4Search as an app. 6 guides Privacy and your data What 4Search keeps, what stays in your browser, and how to change your choices at any time. 11 guides

Reference and support

Reference Cheat sheets and lookups: operators, filters, shortcuts, data sources and what is new. 9 guides Troubleshooting When something does not look right: fixes for the common problems, and how to reach us. 13 guides

What do you want to do?

Track a stockFollow it, read the news behind a move and see what the markets expect. Plan a tripCheck the forecast and alerts, get directions and save the places you need. Follow an electionRaces, candidates, votes, the odds and the coverage, in one place. Research a questionAsk AI Mode, check its sources, then dig deeper in the news. Stay on top of a topicFollow what you care about and read a front page built around it. Check how a story is coveredSee every outlet's take with Full coverage and the news filters. Compare pricesSearch many stores at once and go straight to the seller. Get ready for severe weatherAlerts, radar and hurricane tracks for the places you care about. Keep your searches privateChoose what is allowed, what is kept, and turn it off any time.

Popular guides

AI answersAI Mode: ask, follow up, and read the sourcesAI Mode is a conversation with an AI assistant that searches the site's news for each question, cites what it read, and keeps the results beside the chat.5 min readFinanceFollow stocks and build a watchlistFollow any stock, fund, index, currency or coin to keep it on your watchlist, a page of what you care about with latest prices, kept in your browser.4 min readSearchingFull coverage and Related CoverageFind other outlets' reports on a story with one click, narrow that to a topic, or follow the people and places a story names.4 min readWeatherUse the radar mapWatch where it is raining or snowing on a live radar map. Play the last two hours, switch on warnings and satellite pictures, and zoom to your place.4 min readMapsGet directions by car, on foot or by bikePlan a route with up to ten stops by car, on foot or by bike, compare alternatives, avoid tolls or highways, and follow the turn-by-turn steps.5 min readPrivacy and your dataYour privacy choicesThe banner, the privacy panel, the shield button and the Your Privacy Choices page: what each category does and how to change your mind at any time.5 min read

Common questions

Is 4Search free?

Yes. Searching costs nothing, and there is no subscription. The company behind 4Search, 4Internet, LLC, explains in its policies how the site is supported: some shopping links are affiliate links, so it may earn a commission if you buy, at no extra cost to you, and it offers advertising and data services to businesses. See the Affiliate Disclosure and Services.

Is there an account or a sign-in?

No. You can search and use every tab without signing in. Lists you choose to save, such as followed topics, stay in your browser when you allow Saved preferences. See Saved preferences.

Does 4Search track me?

Not in the way many sites do, and the details are in the Privacy Policy. No account is needed, and the policy says 4Search does not use your searches to build a profile of you or sell personal information for money. It does keep limited technical records, such as your IP address and what was requested, to run and protect the site and to count visits in aggregate. Optional features start off: AI answers, advertising and Saved preferences. 4Search honors Global Privacy Control. Google receives your search when its web results load, and an AI provider receives it only if you allow AI answers. See Privacy and your data.

Should I use the AI Overview or AI Mode?

Use the AI Overview for a quick summary while you search; it appears above the results by itself. Use AI Mode when you want to ask follow-up questions or see which articles an answer is based on. Under the overview, Dive deeper in AI Mode takes your search there. See AI answers on 4Search.

Why are some results from Google?

The Web column on a results page shows results from Google's search service, beside results from 4Search's own index. The policies treat Google-hosted results as an essential part of the search service, which is why they stay on when you reject optional features. Loading them sends your search to Google. See Google search results and your privacy.

Why did my search go to a different tab?

4Search guesses from your words whether you want news, shopping results or websites, and takes you there with a note at the top. Select See all results instead to stay on All. See Choose the right tab.

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Still need help?

Contact us Tell us what you were trying to do and what happened. We read every message. Ask AI Mode Describe what you want to find out and get an answer with its sources. Back to 4Augusta Return to search. The Help Center is the same on every 4Search site.