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>DDG still isn't anywhere near peak Google quality and yet they've seen (actual) exponential growth for years. Google gets the total of DDG's lifetime searches
by pb7 5y ago
>DDG still isn't anywhere near peak Google quality and yet they've seen (actual) exponential growth for years.
Google gets the total of DDG's lifetime searches (over a decade's worth) in about half a week. "Exponential growth" is overselling it.
- gcanyon 5y agoMaybe they’re using “exponential” metaphorically to mean “a lot”. But if they’re using “exponential” literally, then maybe the exponent is 1.03.
- skinkestek 5y agoLook at the graphs. To me it looks literally exponential until half a year ago.
- skinkestek 5y agoor look here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29852783 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29852783 Seems I'm not alone in thinking it has been almost exponential for a good while and until recently.