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DuckDuckGo is not solely dependent on Bing. They use Bing as one sourc of the, but they've run their own crawlers since at least 2012.
by chimeracoder 4y ago
DuckDuckGo is not solely dependent on Bing. They use Bing as one sourc of the, but they've run their own crawlers since at least 2012.
- mardifoufs 4y agoNot for actual search IIRC. Last time I checked, they only used their own index and crawlers for the "smart search" and instant answers. Almost all of their search results are still sourced from Bing. That's pretty easy to check for yourself, usually whenever something does not show up on Bing it won't on DDG either. A good example of that was when the "tank man" picture disappeared from Bing and the exact same thing happened on DDG.
- dredmorbius 4y agoYandex was also previously used for search, largely of Russian sites. That relationship has reportedly been "paused": https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/duckduckgo-yandex-ukraine https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/duckduckgo-yandex-ukraine