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> Unlike DDG, they don't seem to have any core product, so they fully depend on Google's goodwill which is very shaky grounds when it comes to a long-term busin
by sidibe 6y ago
> Unlike DDG, they don't seem to have any core product, so they fully depend on Google's goodwill which is very shaky grounds when it comes to a long-term business.
Isn't that exactly like DDG but Google instead of Bing?
- Nextgrid 6y agoMy understanding is that DDG is using Bing results as well as their own. Whether their in-house results can stand on their own is another matter, but at least they're trying to reduce their dependency on Bing, where as Startpage is not.
- Kiro 6y agoNo, their own crawler is just used for Instant Answers and other widgets. https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so... > We also of course have more traditional links in the search results, which we also source from multiple partners, though most commonly from Bing (and none from Google). So basically it's all Bing and I see no effort to reduce that dependency as you claim.