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How does that work? Does DDG have deals with Bing to allow them to do that?

• monocasa 6y ago
  Yes, they paid Microsoft to be able to access Bing's dataset.
  • 458aperta 6y ago
    I'm okay with this. Before, I was definitely using DDG less. It's good to see Microsoft still keeping up the good fight. "Dont be evil" seems like a distant alternative universe...
    • doublerabbit 6y ago
      When Apple buys DDG later this year, it'll be back to the drawing board.
      • 458aperta 6y ago
        source?
• MrMember 6y ago
  Yes, other search engines can pay for access to Bing's results. DDG isn't just straight Bing results, though, it compiles results from a number of different sources (including their own), with Bing being the primary source.
• speedgoose 6y ago
  Yes they do. The Bing API is actually open to anyone with a bank card but DDG has a specific deal to allow them to filter / sort results, to use ads not only from the Microsoft ads platform, and to skip the redirect link that records what the user click on. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis