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DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year

Google is evil. Now there is a better option.

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by Anonymousreply 39December 27, 2018 12:35 PM

SkyNet called and wants their m.o. back from Google.

by Anonymousreply 1October 12, 2018 3:51 PM

Poor Bing.

Always the bridesmaid.

by Anonymousreply 2October 12, 2018 3:51 PM

Half of those 30 million are from the Taylor Hanson troll on DL.

by Anonymousreply 3October 12, 2018 3:55 PM

[Italic]Now[/italic] there is a better option?

by Anonymousreply 4October 12, 2018 3:57 PM

Well it has made a few improvements since then.

by Anonymousreply 5October 12, 2018 4:01 PM

Anybody use this site?

by Anonymousreply 6October 12, 2018 4:02 PM

[quote] Anybody use this site?

Thw Taylor Hanson troll.

by Anonymousreply 7October 12, 2018 4:05 PM

Been using it for years and pretty happy with it.

I’m sure there’s a better option again, though, there always is. My sister loves Ecosia.

by Anonymousreply 8October 12, 2018 4:06 PM

[quote] Anybody use this site?

The Taylor Hanson troll.

by Anonymousreply 9October 12, 2018 4:06 PM

I use Bing, but I'm ecstatic to hear this. Google needs to be neutralized, and we also need to go back to the days when we had multiple sites competing in each market, not just the one.

by Anonymousreply 10October 12, 2018 4:09 PM

I use and like it. Fuck google.

by Anonymousreply 11October 12, 2018 4:09 PM

I like it and like the cute duck logo. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it’s run off a Russian search engine, Yandex.

by Anonymousreply 12October 12, 2018 4:33 PM

You've come a long way Baby

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by Anonymousreply 13October 12, 2018 4:35 PM

Just checked out Ecosia. I like it. Thanks R8

by Anonymousreply 14October 12, 2018 4:42 PM

I thought DuckDuckGo is strictly a Tor Browser search engine looking for .onion pages in the Dark Web?

by Anonymousreply 15October 12, 2018 4:44 PM

I started using DuckDuckGo two years ago as a Google replacement until I realized there's a logo of Yandex at the bottom of DDG home page. Yes, DDG uses a Russian search engine. I immediately returned to Google and haven't visited DDG since. You just never know how deep the connection between DDG and Yandex goes.

by Anonymousreply 16October 12, 2018 4:49 PM

[quote] I thought DuckDuckGo is strictly a Tor Browser search engine looking for .onion pages in the Dark Web?

Who told you that? Google?

by Anonymousreply 17October 12, 2018 4:50 PM

"... we also need to go back to the days when we had multiple sites competing in each market, not just the one."

No!

by Anonymousreply 18October 12, 2018 4:55 PM

[quote] I thought DuckDuckGo is strictly a Tor Browser search engine looking for .onion pages in the Dark Web?

[quote] Who told you that? Google?

Sorry, I mixed DuckDuckGo with DuckDuckGoOnion for Tor Browser.

by Anonymousreply 19October 12, 2018 5:00 PM

R16 Yandex? What so you mean?

by Anonymousreply 20October 12, 2018 5:14 PM

What is so bad about Google? Much of my information is integrated via Google and it makes my life easier. So Google has information about me. So what? Perhaps if I had something to hide I'd be concerned. Good to have competition, but I'll stay with Google.

by Anonymousreply 21October 12, 2018 5:34 PM

[quote] Yes, DDG uses a Russian search engine.

Whoops. Looks like I celebrated too soon. (Fuck Putin and his Krokodil-afflicted, vodka-addicted troll armies.)

Bing it is then.

by Anonymousreply 22October 12, 2018 5:34 PM

Some people should NEVER wear Yandex!

by Anonymousreply 23October 12, 2018 6:00 PM

r16 there's no such thing when I open the page.

by Anonymousreply 24October 12, 2018 6:00 PM

R24, I was beginning to feel skeptical, too, but it appears that DDG is in a partnership with Yandex.

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by Anonymousreply 25October 12, 2018 7:23 PM

Gogoduck and all the VPN features in Opera Browser and the like are operated by Russians. Nothing good can come out of it.

I hate to say this, but Bing and Google are still your safest bets when searching on your computer.

by Anonymousreply 26October 12, 2018 11:18 PM

Bing! For now...

by Anonymousreply 27October 13, 2018 2:59 AM

[quote]Gogoduck and all the VPN features in Opera Browser and the like are operated by Russians.

Woe! Thanks for that info about Opera. I just started using that for the first time recently and had no idea. Thanks for the heads up, and I agree about the Russians. They have zero credibility in everything they say and do.

by Anonymousreply 28October 13, 2018 3:49 AM

Are Yandex's partnerships with Facebook, Twitter, CERN, and Firefox any more worrisome than their affiliation with DuckDuckGo?

by Anonymousreply 29October 13, 2018 7:31 AM

Tried using it as a Google alternative, but fewer results returned.

by Anonymousreply 30October 13, 2018 7:35 AM

Despite that Google's Chinese search engine links phone numbers with web searches, I'm sticking with DuckDuck.

by Anonymousreply 31October 13, 2018 9:15 AM

OP works for Putin.

by Anonymousreply 32October 13, 2018 9:18 AM

I love the antivirus software Kaspersky and it worked great on my computer, but because of the Russian connection I chose Bitdefender instead this time around. Sorry, but DuckDuckGo using Russian based software makes me paranoid as hell and I don't even have anything to hide (well, except my obsession with teen shows like Riverdale and Presenting Hole threads on Datalounge).

by Anonymousreply 33October 13, 2018 10:29 AM

I use Startpage.com run by the same company that offered ixquick, another privacy-respecting search engine.

The underlying startpage search is google but none of your personal information is passed to them.

I never got good results using Duckduckgo.

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by Anonymousreply 34October 13, 2018 3:23 PM

Google has many, many more results for "Gap Playlists" than the Russian Duck search engine.

Nyet!

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by Anonymousreply 35October 13, 2018 3:29 PM

Try searx.me for a more private option.

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by Anonymousreply 36December 26, 2018 8:08 PM

Duck, Startpage have limited results compared to Google and Bing. Bing is better for nudies and porn searches.

by Anonymousreply 37December 26, 2018 8:17 PM

What does one use if trying to search for stuff on the Dark Web?

by Anonymousreply 38December 26, 2018 9:05 PM

[quote] I don't even have anything to hide well, except my obsession with teen shows like Riverdale and Presenting Hole threads on Datalounge

You have plenty to hide

by Anonymousreply 39December 27, 2018 12:35 PM
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