DuckDuckGo Archives

One-On-One With DuckDuckGo: Inside The Private Search Alternative

October 31, 2023 by Matt G. Southern

As digital advertising grows more invasive, DuckDuckGo offers marketers a privacy-focused alternative through its partnership with Microsoft. In an exclusive interview with Search Engine Journal, DuckDuckGo explains how its contextual advertising model respects user privacy while providing relevant ads and analytics to advertisers. This article provides key insights into DuckDuckGo’s privacy-first approach, contrasting it with … Read more

Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case

October 5, 2023 by Matt G. Southern

Newly unsealed court testimonies have revealed that Apple considered replacing Google’s search engine with Microsoft’s Bing or privacy-focused DuckDuckGo across its devices. The information came to light during the ongoing antitrust trial against Google initiated by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ is accusing Google of abusing its search market dominance. Part of the … Read more

DuckDuckGo Enters The AI Race With DuckAssist

March 8, 2023 by admin

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, has unveiled DuckAssist, a new feature that generates natural language answers to search queries using Wikipedia. This marks the first in a series of AI-assisted private search and browser updates DuckDuckGo plans to roll out in the coming months. What Is DuckAssist & How Does It Work? DuckAssist is a … Read more

DuckDuckGo Now Says It Will Block Microsoft Trackers

August 5, 2022 by admin

DuckDuckGo responds to recent criticism saying the third-party tracking scripts it blocks will now include scripts from Microsoft. Earlier this year, a security researcher discovered DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser transferring data to Microsoft-owned properties when visiting certain websites. As a company that promises never to track users, DuckDuckGo found itself in trouble when the security researcher … Read more

10 DuckDuckGo Facts For Digital Marketers & SEO Pros

July 26, 2022 by admin

How often do you use DuckDuckGo? If you answered “never,” you might want to read this article. Over the years, DuckDuckGo has redesigned itself and evolved to better meet searchers’ needs and protect their privacy. In addition to its excellent search capabilities, DDG (DuckDuckGo) has many helpful features that can help you improve your search … Read more

DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Qwant Pen Open Letter On Fair Choice

July 7, 2022 by admin

In an open letter released on July 5, 2022, the three search engine chief executives outlined 10 principles to enable internet users to change their default search engine effectively. The release, entitled “10 Principles for Fair Choice Screens and Effective Switching Mechanisms,” comes on the same day the European Parliament adopts the Digital Services Act … Read more

What Is DuckDuckGo & Who Uses This Alternative Search Engine?

April 8, 2022 by admin

For many years, websites have collected user data to either sell to third-party sites or use for their targeted advertising. The most well-known examples include Facebook and Google. Serving an ad or showing relevant search results about the shoes you wanted seemed like a relatively harmless use of personal data that worked to (what seemed … Read more

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