China Blocks DuckDuckGo, The Privacy Search Engine
China has blocked DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, that recently made big news when Apple added them as a default search option to iOS and their upcoming desktop operating system. The Founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg, confirmed tha…
Could DuckDuckGo Overtake Bing?
Amid growing privacy concerns and a deal with Apple, DuckDuckGo has the potential to become a major player in search.
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DuckDuckGo Revamps Settings Page Design
DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, has announced on Twitter that they have launched a new version of the DuckDuckGo settings page. Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, told us they “revamped the look & feel of the settings page to match the entire site.” The new look…
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Right To Be Forgotten: Do Users Even Care?
In the last few weeks, two monumental events related to Internet privacy caused the biggest uproar in discussions about personal privacy since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA. In May, the European Court of Justice ruled that Google must respect the “right to be…
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Yummly Partners With DuckDuckGo To Serve Up Recipes For The Growing Search Engine
Yummly announced today it will be powering the results for recipe searches performed on DuckDuckGo, the search engine built on protecting the privacy of its users. “Yummly’s technology understands recipe search queries and we’ve worked together to create a great recipe instant…
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Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option
DuckDuckGo, the search engine that positions itself as a completely secure and private search engine, is getting a big boost. Apple is making it part of Safari in the next versions of Mac OS and iOS as an option that users can choose. DuckDuckGo is now…
DuckDuckGo Relaunches & Starts To Look Like A Real Search Engine
DuckDuckGo, the spunky little search engine that hangs its hat on user privacy, has relaunched today with a new look and feel, not to mention a number of new features like maps and local search, image search and more. Put it all together, and DuckDuckG…
DuckDuckGo Releases New Beta Site With Redesigned Look & Added Features
DuckDuckGo. the search engine known for protecting the privacy of its users, announced a new “reimagined and redesigned” beta site today. According to the announcement, the new site will deliver smarter answers and have a more refined look. DuckDuckGo has also added new features,…
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DuckDuckGo Has Biggest Day Ever In 2014 With More Than 4 Million Queries On January 7th
The Guardian reported yesterday DuckDuckGo, the search engine that keeps user searches private, is now up to four million queries per day, with over a billion queries performed on the anonymous search engine during 2013. Prior to the PRISM scandal that…
Search Engines Keep The Lights Out On Fireworks Ads, Mostly
Happy 4th of July! It’s fireworks season here in the US, a time when online searches for “fireworks” skyrocket. Yet, ads for explosives and pyrotechnic devices like “firecrackers”, “bottle rockets,” and “fireworks” are not allowed per…
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StartPage, Ixquick Passed 4 Million Daily Searches On Monday
StartPage and Ixquick, sister search engines that offer private searching, announced that they surpassed four million daily direct searches on Monday. The announcement comes about three weeks after the parent company announced that they reached three m…
DuckDuckGo Launches New Search & Content App For iOS
DuckDuckGo (DDG) has launched a new iOS app called Search & Stories to go along with the Android app that’s been available since late 2011. The app offers many of the same features as DuckDuckGo’s web-based search engine, particularly the anonymous searching that has earned DDG a…
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Duck Duck Go’s Post-PRISM Growth Actually Proves No One Cares About “Private” Search
Look out, Google! Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days. Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program allows the US government to read search data with unfettered access? Nope. Google has…
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DuckDuckGo Passes 3 Million Searches, Just 8 Days After Hitting 2 Million
Another week, another traffic record in the alternative search engine space. DuckDuckGo (DDG) tweeted this morning about its latest milestone: more than three million direct searches in a single day. As the company’s traffic page shows, it happened on Monday when DDG had 3,095,907…
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DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000…
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DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000…
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