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You probably assume that Google holds a monopoly on Internet search. Think again. According to a blog post, DuckDuckGo (http://duckduckgo.com/), the search engine that doesn’t collect or share any of your personal information, processed a record 1 billion searches in 2013. Unlike Google, DuckDuckGo (http://duckduckgo.com/) will never store historical search data or inundate you with targeted ads, sell your information to the highest bidder, or invite you to a terrible social network.
Much like T-Mobile, the search engine’s spirited message convinced a great deal of users to rethink what they had been told was the status quo.
The Guardian reports (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/09/anonymous-search-tool-duckduckgo-1bn-queries-2013-google)that the Snowden leaks were a significant force behind DuckDuckGo (http://duckduckgo.com/)’s rising traffic: “By November, more than 4 million people were using the site every day, and on Tuesday 7 January the site had its biggest day so far, serving 4,452,957 queries in a 24-hour period.”
Check out the meteoric rise of DuckDuckGo (http://duckduckgo.com/) in this chart from The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/09/anonymous-search-tool-duckduckgo-1bn-queries-2013-google):
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