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Stats: Categorize Ecosia referrer as a Search Engine
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[Feature] Stats
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Enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org/ is becoming a very popular search engine, with its focus on both privacy and combating climate change.
Currently, it appears as a standard referrer, not a search engine:

It would be nice if it was categorized as a search engine along with the rest for better organization.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the Stats referrer classification entry point and the existing search-engine definitions. Verify how Ecosia is currently categorized, then confirm that it appears with the other search engines in the relevant Stats view; the issue provides no file or test path.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- analytics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100