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I've been using DDG for a while, and have been very happy with it. IMHO they should focus on this privacy aspect, trying to be the most privacy respecting sear
by motters 16y ago
I've been using DDG for a while, and have been very happy with it. IMHO they should focus on this privacy aspect, trying to be the most privacy respecting search engine, because it's a key product differentiator and it's also an issue which is only likely to grow in importance.
- 16s 16y agoHow will they make money? I agree with you. I like privacy, but ad supported search seems to be the only viable business model. Advertisers won't pay DDG b/c there's no one to target.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI assume they have various methods. One of the methods I noticed by accident was that they add their affiliate id to Amazon links in search results
- patrickaljord 16y agoSo amazon can track DDG users.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoThey can track that you came from duckduckgo yes. But that's it. They can't track what search terms you used, because that is what duckduckgo hides in the referrer. But only if the link is https so the referrer is passed at all.
- Matt_Cutts 16y agoI missed that until now--interesting. Is DDG an affiliate of any other websites?
- kingsidharth 16y agoBuilding a product that people use is first step. Money will follow, eventually. Google didn't have revenue model in place since first date.
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