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I am a bit curious, how the name "DuckDuckGo" was chosen? "Google" comes from Googol i.e. 10^100.

• rocgf 8y ago
  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=duckduckgo+name&t=h_&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=duckduckgo+name&t=h_&ia=web
• Fishkins 8y ago
  It's an abbreviation of Duck, Duck, Goose. They don't really explain why they chose to name it after that game. https://duck.co/help/company/name https://duck.co/help/company/name
  • minwcnt5 8y ago
    Maybe it's their ranking algorithm.
    • dharmab 8y ago
      DDG is an anonymized wrapper for Bing.
• pszndr 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_duck,_goose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_duck,_goose
• nullandvoid 8y ago
  My guess would be from the child's game "duck duck goose". Maybe the creator really enjoyed that game as kid!
• isostatic 8y ago
  Wikipedia provides Weinberg explained the beginnings of the name with respect to the children's game duck, duck, goose. He said of the origin of the name: "Really it just popped in my head one day and I just liked it. It is certainly influenced/derived from duck duck goose, but other than that there is no relation, e.g., a metaphor."
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