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At the moment DDG is effectively a customer, not a competitor. If DDG ever became large enough to show up on Bing's radar (Bing currently has 600x as much traf
by wheels 16y ago
At the moment DDG is effectively a customer, not a competitor. If DDG ever became large enough to show up on Bing's radar (Bing currently has 600x as much traffic), you can bet that the terms would change.
- MikeCapone 16y agoAs far as I know, DDG isn't paying for access. But I might be wrong about that. Maybe they are they paying for Bing, but not Yahoo?
- HNer 16y agoYahoo have recently announced that they will soon be charging for Boss. http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2010/08/api_updates_and_changes.html http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2010/08/api_updates... "We are exploring a potential fee-based structure as well as ad-revenue models that will enable BOSS developers to monetize their offerings. When we roll out these changes, BOSS will no longer be a free service to developers."