Back in 2008, DuckDuckGo was released with the promise of privacy protection for its users. Ever since it’s release, DuckDuckGo’s daily queries has reached an incredible 60 million a day in 2020. This is a wonderful example of how, despite Google’s massive dominance, a competitor focused on user privacy can flourish successfully in the face …

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Recently, antisemitic memes have appeared in Google Image search, and many want something done about this particular content appearing. So far, Google isn’t the only search engine that these particular images are being found on. They are also being found on Bing and DuckDuckGo. It would seem simple to remove this content from the index, …

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Recently, Microsoft announced an “extension” as part of an update to its Office 365 ProPlus software that automatically forces company-wide Chrome and Firefox search engine defaults to Bing search, from what is, more than likely, Google. Because of the expected backlash, Microsoft reversed, at least at bit. The extension will automatically seek out installations of …

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In an announcement, Google stated which search engines are going to appear on its default search provider screen for Android users in the EU. First reported Thursday by the Verge, Bing will appear as an option in the UK only, and DuckDuckGo and Info.com will appear with Google in all 31 EU territories. The Android search choice screen is …

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DuckDuckGo has announced that it has expanded its local search capabilities with a dedicated maps tab, map re-querying and local autocomplete. Earlier this year, DuckDuckGo adopted Apple’s MapKit JS framework in order to power its map-related searches. Because the search engine is focused on privacy, it does not send any personally identifiable information to App …

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It has been reported that Google has introduced new options into the list of possible “default” search engines available to Chrome users.  One of the most notable possible search engines includes DuckDuckGo. It’s true that in the past, users could manually add alternatives to the existing choices, but the overwhelming majority of Chrome users don’t …

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DuckDuckGo announced last month that it exceeded 9 billion searches in 2018.  Compare that wit h 4 billion in 2016, and that’s a nice jump in just a few years.  But to compare, Google sees over a trillion searches a year globally. Because privacy has become such an issue lately, this has helped DuckDuckGo’s popularity rise over …

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The privacy-focused search engine, DuckDuckGo, posted on Twitter this week that in 2018, they surpassed 9 billion searches for the year.  To compare, the company did 4 billion searches in 2016.  It was reported that the were doing 30 million queries per day in October. DuckDuckGo also said it’s “on pace to shatter that record in 2019.” Based off their published traffic …

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The privacy-focused search engine, DuckDuckGo, posted on Twitter that it has reached the 30 million queries per day on average milestone. According to the company, it took seven years to reach 10 million search in one day.  It took another 2 years to reach 20 million searches, and now, it has reached 30 million searches per day …

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The privacy search engine that allows people to search without fear of queries being tracked, DuckDuckGo, has surpassed an accumulative 10 billion searches since the site first launched. DuckDuckGo says that four billion of these searches happened in 2016 alone.  This year, the search engine says that it had its biggest day ever when it served …

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