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Title: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: rcjordan on September 16, 2020, 11:22:57 PM

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/privacy-focused-search-engine-duckduckgo-is-growing-fast/

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: Brad on September 17, 2020, 10:16:43 AM

Might grow a bit faster now: the new iOS 14 lets you set your choice of browser as default and DDG Privacy Browser is one of the choices.

Just like Google became synonymous with "search engine" 2 decades ago, DDG is becoming synonymous with "privacy" which is a very good position to be in.

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: BoL on September 29, 2020, 02:09:16 AM

https://spreadprivacy.com/search-preference-menu-duckduckgo-elimination/

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: Brad on September 29, 2020, 11:09:12 AM

> elimination

BoL, I'm guessing that whole auction thing will probably get the sack from the EU regulators the next time they look at it.

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: BoL on September 29, 2020, 12:03:18 PM

No one seems to like it, particularly DDG

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: Brad on September 29, 2020, 02:55:50 PM

Quote from: BoL on September 29, 2020, 12:03:18 PM

No one seems to like it, particularly DDG

Google's whole point was to flip the bird to the EU regulators.  I hope they had their fun, because the EU can eventually box Google into a corner,  and/or go after Google's control of Android itself although it might take a long while.

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: rcjordan on January 16, 2021, 10:10:09 PM

<update>
Google Search Rival DuckDuckGo Tops 100 Million Daily Searches, A First

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/01/16/google-search-rival-duckduckgo-exceeds-100-million-daily-searches-a-first/

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: BoL on January 17, 2021, 10:02:48 PM

On some sites I see them >= referrals than Bing. They've got an appreciable share for sure. Question is where do they go from here?

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: Brad on January 17, 2021, 10:58:47 PM

> where do they go from here?

I read somewhere: DDG sees themselves, currently, as an internet privacy company, not as a search engine company. (They say.) The search engine is just one of many tools towards privacy.  This might explain why they have not created a real serious crawler to build their own index.

I could see them moving next into either privacy focused messenger service or social network.  However both require registration which becomes a problem. 

I don't think Microsoft will refuse to renew the search feed deal with DDG.  DDG's success helped convince everyone else to use/buy Bing results and Microsoft is reportedly making a profit on this plus sticking it to Google so it's all win-win for MS.

Title: Re: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast
Post by: Brad on June 16, 2021, 01:24:39 PM

DuckDuckGrowth over the last 12 months: 50M+ app downloads, 55% search traffic increase, #2 search engine on mobile in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the Netherlands & more.

https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgrowing/

That #2 search engine on mobile caught my attention.  Sure you can be a poor second to Google and still be #2, but it's the fact that they are bumping Bing from the second slot that seems telling to me.  I think that DDG privacy browser app might be the key.

All these rankings could change overnight if Apple releases their own search engine on iOS.  Apple's been real quiet.