Google’s rival search engine surpasses 100 mn daily searches
4 years, 2 months ago

Google’s rival search engine surpasses 100 mn daily searches

The Hindu  

Privacy-focussed search engine DuckDuckGo has crossed 100 million daily search queries for the first time in 12 years. According to DuckDuckGo’s public traffic data, the company achieved the milestone on January 11 when it recorded 102,251,307 search queries. A week later, it surpassed the nine-figure mark again with 102,179,263 daily search queries. It says it wont follow Google’s model of selling data for targeted ads as it does not store users’ search histories data.

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Google made $77 billion in July-September this year, but investors are unhappy. Here’s why
1 year, 5 months ago

Google made $77 billion in July-September this year, but investors are unhappy. Here’s why

Firstpost  

Google exceeded their revenue expectations from its search and ad businesses between July-September this year. However, their cloud services fell short, with an operating income of $266 million, against a projection of $434 million Google’s parent company Alphabet made a pretty sizeable $77 billion between the months of July-September this year. The company’s search advertising segment also performed well, bringing …

DuckDuckGo CEO says Google's billions got in the way of a deal with Apple
1 year, 5 months ago

DuckDuckGo CEO says Google's billions got in the way of a deal with Apple

The Hindu  

The CEO of privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple about a potential contract failed because the smartphone maker was reluctant to give up Google's multibillion dollar paychecks, according to newly transcripts of a landmark antitrust trial of the Alphabet unit. Gabriel Weinberg, who also founded the company, testified on Sept 21 on the effect on DuckDuckGo of …

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
1 year, 6 months ago

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition

The Hindu  

Appearing in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified Thursday that it was hard for his small search engine company to compete with Google because the powerhouse has deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers to make its product the default search option on so many devices. DuckDuckGo still sells ads, but bases them …

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
1 year, 6 months ago

DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Appearing in the biggest …

DuckDuckGo founder says Google’s phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition
1 year, 6 months ago

DuckDuckGo founder says Google’s phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Appearing in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified Thursday that it was hard for his small search engine company to compete with Google because the powerhouse has deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers to make its product the default search option on so many devices. DuckDuckGo’s internal surveys, he said, …

How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private
3 years, 8 months ago

How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private

Wired  

When it comes to looking something up on the web, most of us default to “googling” it—Google's search engine has become so dominant that it's now a verb, in the same way that Photoshop is. There are ways to increase your privacy on Google’s platforms, like using privacy-focused browsers, using privacy-focused alternatives to Google Maps, auto-deleting your web history after …

Google rival calls out search giant for spying on users
4 years ago

Google rival calls out search giant for spying on users

The Hindu  

Privacy-focussed search engine DuckDuckGo called out Google for spying on users after the latter updated privacy labels on Apple’s App Store to show the type of data it collects from users. DDG took to Twitter to point out that Google added labels for ‘Search’ and ‘Gmail’ after delaying the update for months. The picture shows that DDG does not collect …

DuckDuckGo Vs Google: Did Google Try To Hide The Reality Of How Much Of Our Data Is Collected?
4 years ago

DuckDuckGo Vs Google: Did Google Try To Hide The Reality Of How Much Of Our Data Is Collected?

News 18  

After weeks of the saga unfolding as Google did not roll out any updates for its popular iPhone apps and therefore did not publish the new App Privacy labels on the App Store, Google finally began to toll out updates for Gmail, Google Search and Chrome for iPhone users over the past few weeks. Privacy focused rival search engine DuckDuckGo …

Here’s why Google’s rival topped 100 million daily searches
4 years, 2 months ago

Here’s why Google’s rival topped 100 million daily searches

The Hindu  

Privacy-focussed search engine, DuckDuckGo, touched a major milestone when the company crossed 100 million daily search queries on January 11, the first time in its 12-year-old history. Since then, it has crossed 100 million daily searches multiple times. The company has seen 62% year-on-year growth in average daily searches between 2019-2020 and currently averages over 92 million daily search queries. …

Why Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey prefers DuckDuckGo over Google
5 years, 3 months ago

Why Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey prefers DuckDuckGo over Google

The Quint  

By Md Waquar Haider New Delhi, Dec 8 Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey last week revealed that he has been using DuckDuckGo as his default search engine for quite some time now, apparently due to its stronger privacy features compared to other popular alternatives such as Google Chrome, among others. "One thing that makes DuckDuckGo different from other search …

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey ditches Google for privacy-focused rival DuckDuckGo
5 years, 4 months ago

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey ditches Google for privacy-focused rival DuckDuckGo

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed his preference for using the DuckDuckGo search …

Google adds private search engine DuckDuckGo as a default option in Chrome
6 years ago

Google adds private search engine DuckDuckGo as a default option in Chrome

Firstpost  

DuckDuckGo private search engine has been added in more than 60 markets including India and the US. Google has introduced private search engine DuckDuckGo in its recent version of the Chrome web browser. While previously it required user to install a browser extension, Google has now included the private search engine in its ‘updated list’ of default search engines for …

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