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How much more than "a wrapper around Bing" would you say DuckDuckGo is?

gpm 8y ago
They claim to be merging 'traditional' search results from multiple providers, explicitly calling out Oath (Yahoo) as well as Bing. So, hopefully, substantially. Realistically, somewhat. [0] https://duck.co/help/results/sources https://duck.co/help/results/sources
- thekyle 8y ago
  According to Wikipedia, Yahoo is also a Bing wrapper so I'm not sure what the point in using both is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search
  - greglindahl 8y ago
    Yes, Yahoo's independent search index was phased out over a decade ago.
- dotcoma 8y ago
  Point taken. But privacy-wise, does anybody have any qualms about Ecosia?
  - martin_a 8y ago
    I have none. It's Bing and the ad money goes to Ecosia. Besides that everything I would expect from a search engine probably applies (Microsoft might get to know what I search for etc.). But taking a little piece of cake away from Google isn't bad either.
  - ignoramous 8y ago
    You might want to change the defaults a bit: https://www.ecosia.org/settings https://www.ecosia.org/settings Esp, the disable personalized results. In their privacy section they do admit to storing identifiable information for at least 7 days (possibly more) to fight spam and improve search results. They also send user identifiable information to bing, as well, who then store it for at least 4 days. Apart from that, they use third party tools in their non-search parts which might be subject to different privacy rules than their main website. From their app, they send information to Facebook. They use the Amazon, Google, and Microsoft as advertisment providers, if I'm not mistaken. I encourage you to read the fine print here: https://info.ecosia.org/privacy https://info.ecosia.org/privacy
  - ealhad 8y ago
    About Ecosia, none. The ads are from Bing though, and they get user data.
- 3into10power5 8y ago
  Yahoo search is bing plus indexing of its own internal products (yahooo Sports/Finance/etc)

gpm 8y ago

They claim to be merging 'traditional' search results from multiple providers, explicitly calling out Oath (Yahoo) as well as Bing. So, hopefully, substantially. Realistically, somewhat. [0] https://duck.co/help/results/sources https://duck.co/help/results/sources

thekyle 8y ago
According to Wikipedia, Yahoo is also a Bing wrapper so I'm not sure what the point in using both is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search
- greglindahl 8y ago
  Yes, Yahoo's independent search index was phased out over a decade ago.
dotcoma 8y ago
Point taken. But privacy-wise, does anybody have any qualms about Ecosia?
- martin_a 8y ago
  I have none. It's Bing and the ad money goes to Ecosia. Besides that everything I would expect from a search engine probably applies (Microsoft might get to know what I search for etc.). But taking a little piece of cake away from Google isn't bad either.
- ignoramous 8y ago
  You might want to change the defaults a bit: https://www.ecosia.org/settings https://www.ecosia.org/settings Esp, the disable personalized results. In their privacy section they do admit to storing identifiable information for at least 7 days (possibly more) to fight spam and improve search results. They also send user identifiable information to bing, as well, who then store it for at least 4 days. Apart from that, they use third party tools in their non-search parts which might be subject to different privacy rules than their main website. From their app, they send information to Facebook. They use the Amazon, Google, and Microsoft as advertisment providers, if I'm not mistaken. I encourage you to read the fine print here: https://info.ecosia.org/privacy https://info.ecosia.org/privacy
- ealhad 8y ago
  About Ecosia, none. The ads are from Bing though, and they get user data.
3into10power5 8y ago
Yahoo search is bing plus indexing of its own internal products (yahooo Sports/Finance/etc)