diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py b/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
index 6d0aaace..a37e3c3a 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import aiohttp
-import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from markdownify import markdownify
 
@@ -61,11 +60,16 @@ async def search_online(
     subqueries = await generate_online_subqueries(query, conversation_history, location)
     response_dict = {}
 
-    for subquery in subqueries:
+    if subqueries:
+        logger.info(f"🌐 Searching the Internet for {list(subqueries)}")
         if send_status_func:
-            await send_status_func(f"**🌐 Searching the Internet for**: {subquery}")
-        logger.info(f"🌐 Searching the Internet for '{subquery}'")
-        response_dict[subquery] = search_with_google(subquery)
+            subqueries_str = "\n- " + "\n- ".join(list(subqueries))
+            await send_status_func(f"**🌐 Searching the Internet for**: {subqueries_str}")
+
+    with timer(f"Internet searches for {list(subqueries)} took", logger):
+        search_tasks = [search_with_google(subquery) for subquery in subqueries]
+        search_results = await asyncio.gather(*search_tasks)
+        response_dict = {subquery: search_result for subquery, search_result in search_results}
 
     # Gather distinct web pages from organic search results of each subquery without an instant answer
     webpage_links = {
@@ -92,23 +96,24 @@ async def search_online(
     return response_dict
 
 
-def search_with_google(subquery: str):
-    payload = json.dumps({"q": subquery})
+async def search_with_google(query: str) -> Tuple[str, Dict[str, List[Dict]]]:
+    payload = json.dumps({"q": query})
     headers = {"X-API-KEY": SERPER_DEV_API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
 
-    response = requests.request("POST", SERPER_DEV_URL, headers=headers, data=payload)
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.post(SERPER_DEV_URL, headers=headers, data=payload) as response:
+            if response.status != 200:
+                logger.error(await response.text())
+                return query, {}
+            json_response = await response.json()
+            extraction_fields = ["organic", "answerBox", "peopleAlsoAsk", "knowledgeGraph"]
+            extracted_search_result = {
+                field: json_response[field]
+                for field in extraction_fields
+                if not is_none_or_empty(json_response.get(field))
+            }
 
-    if response.status_code != 200:
-        logger.error(response.text)
-        return {}
-
-    json_response = response.json()
-    extraction_fields = ["organic", "answerBox", "peopleAlsoAsk", "knowledgeGraph"]
-    extracted_search_result = {
-        field: json_response[field] for field in extraction_fields if not is_none_or_empty(json_response.get(field))
-    }
-
-    return extracted_search_result
+            return query, extracted_search_result
 
 
 async def read_webpages(