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DDG use a combination of Bing, Oath (previously Yahoo), and their own crawler [1], although I believe their own crawler is only used for “instant answers” and k
by nvrspyx 7y ago
DDG use a combination of Bing, Oath (previously Yahoo), and their own crawler [1], although I believe their own crawler is only used for “instant answers” and knowledge cards.
Qwant has their own crawler and use Bing to help build their results, at least for now [2].
[1]: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...
[2]: https://help.qwant.com/help/overview/how-does-qwant-index-the-web/ https://help.qwant.com/help/overview/how-does-qwant-index-th...
- mrweasel 7y agoSo neither "just pull Bing results."
- loudtieblahblah 7y agoIn practice - aside from instant answer functions, the amount from which Bing results and DDG vary, is so infinitely small as to be hardly noticeable.
- Analemma_ 7y agoYahoo just pulls Bing results.
- fooker 7y agoThe internet is huge. Flashcards/instant answers is a tiny rounding error compared to the information in the searchable web. DDG uses bing for the actual search and their own stuff for flashcards.