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Doesn't DuckDuckGo use YahooBOSS and/or The Search API? Will this effect development(or the business) of DDG? DDG is awesome, so I'm just curious here. Edit: I

Doesn't DuckDuckGo use YahooBOSS and/or The Search API? Will this effect development(or the business) of DDG? DDG is awesome, so I'm just curious here. Edit: I am aware DDG uses other sources, just curious how this affects things.

aarongough 16y ago
Gabriel was the first thing I thought of when I saw this link... I would be interested to hear how this impacts him and DDG.
ptm 16y ago
It also uses Bing API if I remember correctly. Which is still free and unlimited.
ktsmith 16y ago
From the FAQ: How do you get your results? From many sources, including DuckDuckBot, crowd-sourced sites, BOSS & Bing.
covercash 16y ago
Gabriel will be on TWiT tonight, hopefully this topic is brought up. "I will be live on @twit at ~5PM ET with @ambermac talking about DuckDuckGo. Thx @AndyCrofford for the intro. http://live.twit.tv http://live.twit.tv " -@yegg
- mgrouchy 16y ago
  I didn't know this was happening today! Thanks!
  - covercash 16y ago
    I went ahead and submitted it to HN in order to get the word out... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611966 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611966
- mikeknoop 16y ago
  It's happening right now, it seems.
epi0Bauqu 16y ago
Thx for the support and concern everyone. I've made a smooth transition to Bing, and BOSS is really a back-up at this point. There are other decent providers for what I use it for as well (Entireweb, Ask, Infoseek, etc.) and I am also looking to those for more backup (Entireweb already in place). Moving to Bing proved that the way I was doing things it was possible to move and not effect the service much, so I'm really happy about that. Of course, the BOSS terms may be decent anyway. We'll have to wait and find out.
- timr 16y ago
  How is that possible? I'm reading the Bing terms of service (http://www.bing.com/developers/tou.aspx http://www.bing.com/developers/tou.aspx), and it seems pretty clear. From section 3c: You will not, and will not permit your users or other third parties to: ... (c) modify, filter, obscure, or replace the text, images, or other content of Bing results, including by changing the order in which Bing results appear (but this limitation will not apply to Bing results of type "Web"), intermixing Bing results with search results from other sources, or intermixing with Bing results any other content so that the other content appears to be part of Bing results These terms seem to pretty much prohibit using Bing search results for something like DDG, because all they let you do is change ordering. Am I missing something?
  - staunch 16y ago
    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  - epi0Bauqu 16y ago
    I'm pretty sure Bing doesn't have a problem with what I'm doing. But in general, I believe in this: http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/03/nothing-to-lose-or-risk-tolerance-is-a-competitive-weapon.html http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/03/nothing-to-lose-or-risk...

aarongough 16y ago

Gabriel was the first thing I thought of when I saw this link... I would be interested to hear how this impacts him and DDG.

ptm 16y ago

It also uses Bing API if I remember correctly. Which is still free and unlimited.

ktsmith 16y ago

From the FAQ: How do you get your results? From many sources, including DuckDuckBot, crowd-sourced sites, BOSS & Bing.

covercash 16y ago

Gabriel will be on TWiT tonight, hopefully this topic is brought up. "I will be live on @twit at ~5PM ET with @ambermac talking about DuckDuckGo. Thx @AndyCrofford for the intro. http://live.twit.tv http://live.twit.tv " -@yegg

mgrouchy 16y ago
I didn't know this was happening today! Thanks!
- covercash 16y ago
  I went ahead and submitted it to HN in order to get the word out... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611966 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1611966
mikeknoop 16y ago
It's happening right now, it seems.

epi0Bauqu 16y ago

Thx for the support and concern everyone. I've made a smooth transition to Bing, and BOSS is really a back-up at this point. There are other decent providers for what I use it for as well (Entireweb, Ask, Infoseek, etc.) and I am also looking to those for more backup (Entireweb already in place). Moving to Bing proved that the way I was doing things it was possible to move and not effect the service much, so I'm really happy about that. Of course, the BOSS terms may be decent anyway. We'll have to wait and find out.

timr 16y ago
How is that possible? I'm reading the Bing terms of service (http://www.bing.com/developers/tou.aspx http://www.bing.com/developers/tou.aspx), and it seems pretty clear. From section 3c: You will not, and will not permit your users or other third parties to: ... (c) modify, filter, obscure, or replace the text, images, or other content of Bing results, including by changing the order in which Bing results appear (but this limitation will not apply to Bing results of type "Web"), intermixing Bing results with search results from other sources, or intermixing with Bing results any other content so that the other content appears to be part of Bing results These terms seem to pretty much prohibit using Bing search results for something like DDG, because all they let you do is change ordering. Am I missing something?
- staunch 16y ago
  Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- epi0Bauqu 16y ago
  I'm pretty sure Bing doesn't have a problem with what I'm doing. But in general, I believe in this: http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/03/nothing-to-lose-or-risk-tolerance-is-a-competitive-weapon.html http://redeye.firstround.com/2009/03/nothing-to-lose-or-risk...