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Do DDG use any 3rd party search results by default? (for non-!g queries and the like)
by tinyhouse 6y ago
Do DDG use any 3rd party search results by default? (for non-!g queries and the like)
- twobitshifter 6y agoYeah they do have their own index but the majority of results come from Bing. There are several search engines using Bing as the backbone, but Microsoft doesn’t appear to want to have any new search partners. Both the google and Bing search indexes are controlled by trillion dollar companies, so alternative search engines are operating under agreements with either company.
- tinyhouse 6y agoA search engine company without their own search engine is not very promising. I'm assuming/hoping they have plans to serve most queries themselves in the future.
- godshatter 6y agoI looked around for a roadmap, but I haven't found one. I imagine that indexing large portions of the web is a huge investment, hopefully they can do more as time goes on and money comes in.