Η DuckDuckGo is one machine search engine like Google. It's been around since 2008 and sets itself apart from search giant Google in a number of different ways. After his revelations Snowden for the spy actions of America and Britain, alternatives like the DuckDuckGo, are considered necessary. OR DuckDuckGo is a service Open Source. The open one codes allows control by all developers who wish to engage in its development. This means Safety. Search Anonymously and get your results Instantly. But let's see how and what.
What DuckDuckGo does and does not do:
- · It does not track its users (it does not collect and share personal information).
- · It has far fewer spam and does not use aggressive content filtering. It only shows one ad on the results pages.
- · It presents the best direct answers (through its partners, such as Wolfram Alpha and developers who contribute through the instant messaging platform).
- · It does not place users on bubble filters (this means results without prejudice to what the company thinks a user wants).
History with numbers
- · 25 2008 September: 2008 was founded by Solo by Gabriel Weinberg and for the first years it was self-financing.
- · 13 October 2011: Funding from Union Square Ventures (the company that supports Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Kickstarter, etc.).
- 13 February 2012: Over 1.000.000 direct searches a day.
- May 1, 2012: Launch of DuckDuckG Instant Response Platform, and "DuckDuckHack" for developers.
- · 10 Jun 2013: Over 2.000.000 direct searches a day.
- · 17 June, 2013: Over 3.000.000 direct searches a day.
- · 9, January, 2014: New record almost 4.500.000 direct searches a day.
· Currently, the alternative search engine serves over 100.000.000 direct searches per month.
· The 50% of DuckDuckGo users are from the US, 45% from Europe and the rest of 5% from Asia.
Will you stay with Google?
