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Ha. I'm not sure I get the metaphor, unless you are talking about trying to get acquired based on your user graph, or applying "greater fool" theory.

• lsc 14y ago
  the idea is that your 'users' are the product you are selling to advertised.
  • dchuk 14y ago
    Isn't DDG inherently fucked here though because of their whole privacy deal? The massive advantage the Internet creates is extremely targeted tracking and advertising methods, which DDG is explicitly against. It's like they're against the most proven business model for search engines yet expect to survive somehow.
    • niggler 14y ago
      DDG does show ads: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9r0hxyxew3aiddr/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-22%20at%207.01.59%20PM.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/9r0hxyxew3aiddr/Screen%20Shot%2020... They are trying to build an advertising model that doesn't track or store your searches (just show ads based on the search at hand), which is actually plausible
  • lsc 14y ago
    gah. The idea is that your users are the product you are selling to advertisers, who are your real customer.