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http://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html http://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html Searches per day in Feb average = 197,687 Searches per day in May average = 205,759 FUD

• mkr-hn 15y ago
  That agrees with what I said. Unless you don't think that much growth in searches over such a short period is significant. It's even more significant when you look at where it was a year ago. 1.2 million in April 2010, 5.9 million in April 2011, 6.3 last month, and already 3.8 a little over halfway through this month. This is significant when you consider the lack of marketing and that DDG is run by one person.
  • Hisoka 15y ago
    It's not significant. In the world of search engines, you need to be the #1 or #2 player to earn major revenue. People aren't gonna wanna waste any time/energy advertising on your platform if you're getting just a handful of searches per month for say... mp3 players or cellphones. DDG is just betting on an acquisition, but it's just a wrapper around the Yahoo BOSS API.
    • mkr-hn 15y ago
      Nothing starts at #1. Expecting DDG to displace an oligopoly built over a decade and a half in a year or two of existence is asking too much of anyone.
      • Hisoka 15y ago
        DDG has been around for more than a year or two...