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douglas9

(4,474 posts) Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:16 AM Jun 2021

2021 looks to become another record year for the DuckDuckGo search engine

Can a privacy-focused search engine survive on today's Internet? It appears that it can, as DuckDuckGo is looking to end the year 2021 with another record-breaking traffic increase.

I have followed the rise of DuckDuckGo since 2012, when I announced here on this site that it became my primary search engine. I had plenty of reasons for that, but privacy was the main one.

Then came PRISM, and DuckDuckGo's traffic started to rise a lot. Back in 2013, traffic rose to more than 2 million queries per day, a small number for search engine heavyweight Google Search, but an important milestone for the DuckDuckGo search engine.

In 2015, DuckDuckGo reported that it crossed the 10 million daily searches mark, and this year (2021), it managed to cross the 100 million searches mark for the first time.

https://www.ghacks.net/2021/06/17/2021-looks-to-become-another-record-year-for-the-duckduckgo-search-engine/

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2021 looks to become another record year for the DuckDuckGo search engine (Original Post) douglas9 Jun 2021 OP

The more options the better jimfields33 Jun 2021 #1

personally, I'm waiting for it to be disclosed.... getagrip_already Jun 2021 #2

I used it for a bit MerryHolidays Jun 2021 #3

My wild ass guess Nittersing Jun 2021 #4

I switched to it a couple of months ago. So far, so good. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #5

jimfields33

(18,911 posts)

1. The more options the better

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:25 AM

Jun 2021

getagrip_already

(17,440 posts)

2. personally, I'm waiting for it to be disclosed....

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:49 AM

Jun 2021

This is a honey pot set up, or savagely infiltrated, by some three lettered government agency.

Lets just say it wouldn't be the first time........

MerryHolidays

(7,715 posts)

3. I used it for a bit

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 12:12 PM

Jun 2021

And then stopped.

I realized I was using Duck Duck Go on Chromebooks and Android phones. Maybe I'm too cynical, but even at the most restrictive privacy settings, I am still using Google-provided operating systems to access it.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of Duck Duck Go? I am actually asking the question, not making a declarative statement, as I really don't know.

Nittersing

(6,854 posts)

4. My wild ass guess

Reply to MerryHolidays (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 02:12 PM

Jun 2021

Is that your google provided OS will know that you visited DuckDuckGo, but it won't know what you actually searched.

(I'll wait for someone in know to verify (or not))

Midnight Writer

(22,983 posts)

5. I switched to it a couple of months ago. So far, so good.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 04:01 PM

Jun 2021

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