During recent years, the search engines have evolved to make finding information easier. DuckDuckGo is a growing search engine launched in 2008. The search engine emphasises to protect users search data. Therefore, avoid the filter bubble of customizing the search. Let’s dig in more about DuckDuckGo.
What is DuckDuckGo?
DuckDuckGo Wiki explains
DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo
Facts About DuckDuckGo
Here are some general things you should know about DuckDuckGo:
- DuckDuckGo is a popular multilingual web search engine.
- The headquarters of DuckDuckGo is located in 20 Paoli Pike Paoli, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Gabriel Weinberg is the creator of DuckDuckGo.
- The search engine is written in language Perl, Python, and JavaScript
- DuckDuckGo team members comprise of only 67 employees as of July 2019
- The company name is a reference to a popular kids game – Duck, Duck, Goose.
- The search results refer to over 400 sources including Yahoo, Bing, Yandex, Google, Wolfram Alpha etc.
History of DuckDuckGo
The company was founded by Gabriel Weinberg on 29th February 2008. He self-funded the company during an initial stage. When the users where support to disable user option. The DuckDuckGo search engine is written in Perl and runs on FreeBSD, Linux, and Nginx.
DuckDuckG a good search engine, is primarily built upon search API from several vendors. The duckduckgo a browser was a feature in TechCrunch Elevator Pitch Friday in 2008. The search engine was a finalist in BOSS Mashable Challenge 2008. In 2010, the developer of DuckDuckGo introduces an online community website (duck.co). The community is built for users to report problems, means to use search engines, request a feature, and explore open-source code.
in 2011, Union Square Ventures and angel investors invested in DuckDuckGo. In addition, the famous search engine like Midori, Linux Mint, and Trisquel added default feature of DuckDuckGo.
By May 2012, the search engine attracting 1.5 million searches a day. Weinberg reports that generate a revue of $115,000 in 2011 with team 3 members and small contractors. According to compete.com, the estimated traffic on the search engine was 266,465 unique visitors in February 2012. On April 2011, Alexa reported 3-month rate with 51%.
in August 2012, the DuckDuckGo, recorded highest page visit with 1,393,644 per day. The Washington Post indicated that searches on DuckDuckGo numbered up to 45,000,000 per month in October 2012.
