DuckDuckGo search engine shows huge growth

[Kevin Lancaster]

DuckDuckGo search engine shows huge growth

The DuckDuckGo search engine has shown strong growth since it launched eight years ago, with the site recently celebrating its 10 billionth search.

According to a report by BetaNews, DuckDuckGo served 4 billion of those searches in 2016. On 10 January, it received over 14 million searches in a single day.

 

[Thor]

What makes their searches better?

One of the plus sides of evil google's extensive tracking and spying is that they have more information to serve you sites that you want to see.

So how does duckduckgo do it if they don't gather info?

 

[MickZA]

Seems google could easily do 10 billion a day looking at the counter here - http://www.internetlivestats.com/google-search-statistics/

 

[garyc]

What makes their searches better?

One of the plus sides of evil google's extensive tracking and spying is that they have more information to serve you sites that you want to see.

So how does duckduckgo do it if they don't gather info?

Adverts and affiliate relationships.

 

[kianm]

Yay!

 

[C4Cat]

What makes their searches better?

One of the plus sides of evil google's extensive tracking and spying is that they have more information to serve you sites that you want to see.

So how does duckduckgo do it if they don't gather info?

I think one of the advantages of duckduckgo is specifically avoiding the filter bubble

 

[FiestaST]

DuckDuckGo is the most popular alt search engine among Android users in the EU

After the EU ruled that Google should offer Android users a choice of search engine and browser, the company held an auction for alternative search engines that wanted to participate. The choice screen rolled out to users in the middle of last year, which brings us to today – Google announced the most popular alternative search engines per country.

The clear winner is the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo. It was the top choice in all EU countries but one – the UK. There, Bing was on top. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its engine didn't even make the Top 3 everywhere else.

The clear runner-up is Info.com, a meta search engine with a social networking twist. PrivacyWall, Qwant and Yandex were other popular choices, you can see the full list below.

DuckDuckGo is the most popular alt search engine among Android users in the EU

Bing, meanwhile, did very poorly or maybe Microsoft didn't want to spend much money in the auction. After the EU ruled that Google should offer Android...

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[My_King]

 

[Heisenborg]

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