While Google Is Attacked Over Privacy Concerns And Perceived Bias, DuckDuckGo Raised $10M

ronjor · Aug 28, 2018

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According to Search Engine Journal, there was little need for the company to raise more money. DuckDuckGo, which had a last known raise of $3 million in 2011, has been profitable since 2014. However, the new funding could help DuckDuckGo expand its education-based campaigns concerning the privacy of search engines. The company has also developed a privacy app that blocks scripts from tracking visitors, and it’s possible more privacy-focused applications are in the pipeline.
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EASTER · Aug 28, 2018

Interesting. Always brushed it off as just another flash-in-the-pan try to circumvent/improve SEARCH but.......

ronjor · Mar 13, 2019

Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets

Natasha Lomas@riptari 13 March 2019
In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world.
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ronjor · May 22, 2019

DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg is coming to Disrupt

Natasha Lomas@riptari 22 May 2019
Despite competing as a self-funded underdog against the biggest tech giants around, DuckDuckGo has been profitable and gaining users at a steady clip for years. It also recently took in a chunk of VC to capitalize on what its investors see as a growing international opportunity to help Internet users go about their business without being intrusively snooped on. Which makes a compelling counter narrative to the tech giants.
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guest · Oct 15, 2019

DuckDuckGo adds new servers in India, improves search, and refines dark theme
October 15, 2019
https://www.neowin.net/news/duckduc...-india-improves-search-and-refines-dark-theme

DuckDuckGo has announced a couple of new features that will improve the search experience for its users, especially for those located in India who have complained about slow speeds. With this update, the firm has added a host of servers in the Indian subcontinent to improve speeds in the surrounding areas, the popular dark theme has been refined to be more comfortable and coherent, and a 'past year' date filter has been added to help filter results.

The newly added servers are based in Mumbai. DuckDuckGo reiterated that no identifiable information is stored on any of its servers, including the one in Mumbai. It joins DuckDuckGo’s existing servers located in Virgina, California, Ireland, Australia, and Singapore.
Finally, the 'past year' date filter will let you bring up results less than a year old. The feature has been requested for a long time [...]
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DuckDuckGo: DuckDuckGo Search Improvements: Past Year Date Filter, Dark Theme Refinements, and More!

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