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> Microsoft threw billions at it with Bing and still never became more than an also-ran. The only place that seems to have a real chance is DuckDuckGo, and I'd
by jonas21 7y ago
> Microsoft threw billions at it with Bing and still never became more than an also-ran. The only place that seems to have a real chance is DuckDuckGo, and I'd be very interested to see how their story has played out up to this point.
That's an interesting perspective when you consider that:
1. Bing has at least 5x the market share of DuckDuckGo in the US (and even higher worldwide)
2. DuckDuckGo uses Bing as its main source of search results.
- ascendantlogic 7y agoAnecdotally I just see a lot more people using DuckDuckGo as an alternative to Google. I will be the first to admit that I was clearly wrong in my assessment.
- ViViDboarder 7y ago> 2. DuckDuckGo uses Bing as its main source of search results. Is this still the case? I thought they now produce their own results.
- jonas21 7y agoDDG is a little bit vague about it on their website, but their staff regularly mentions that the results are primarily from Bing on /r/duckduckgo, for example: https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/g8wukz/duckduckgo_broken/fou0fzn/ https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/g8wukz/duckduck...