Duck go, A privacy-focused search engine increased its average daily search volume by 62% in 2020 because users sought other ways to prevent data tracking.
According to them, the search engine was founded in 2008 and has run nearly 23.7 billion search queries on its platform by 2020 Traffic page. On January 11, DuckDuckGo reached the highest number of search queries in one day, totaling 102,251,307.
DuckDuckGo does not track user searches or share personal data with third-party companies.
Kamyl Bazbaz, vice president of communications at DuckDuckGo, told USA Today: “People come to us because they want more privacy, and they usually spread through word of mouth.” People are looking for alternatives to surveillance technology business models. “
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In addition to the DuckDuckGo website, the platform can also be used as an iOS and Android application and Google Chrome extension.
Since DuckDuckGo does not track users, it is not clear how many people use it. However, Gabriel Weinberg, the chief executive of the search engine, estimates that Nearly 25 million users use the platform.
Take Google as an example Collect information about the applications, browsers and devices that users use to access Google services, As well as search terms, videos watched, and purchase activity. Google’s policies apply to services provided on YouTube, Android, and third-party websites, such as advertising services.
As more and more users flock to privacy-centric applications, companies including Whatsapp have appeared one after another, the news came Change their privacy policy.Driven by these changes and the following factors, the number of Signal and Telegram users has increased Ban social media platform Parler.
Bazbaz said in a statement: “The recent Facebook/WhatsApp privacy policy announcement seems to have had some impact on increased searches, similar to how it motivates people to use alternative methods of private messaging like Signal.” “We have seen this. It happened before. When a high-profile privacy issue was exposed, we usually saw an increase in usage.”
of The Justice Department sued Google in October for violating antitrust laws, Alleging that it stifled competition and harmed consumers of online search and advertising.
Contributor: Jessica Guynn, USA Today
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