DuckDuckGo announces partnership with Yahoo

Post by ausvisaissues » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:02 AM UTC

re wrote: post #25

ausvisaissues wrote: post #19

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Different topic: Why do they use www.duck.co as their development url and www.duckduckgo.com as their search engine name? The latter is just way too long to type. Especially for casual users who has google set at their main search engine. Compare URL lengths: duckduckgo.com 14 (10+4) google.com 10 (6+4) yahoo.com 9 (5+4) yandex.ru 9 (6+3) bing.com 8 (4+4) baidu.cn 8 (5+3) I really want to like duckduckgo, but the nam…

ddg.gg 6 (3+3) https://duck.co/help/company/short-domain

Post by Sylos » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:48 AM UTC

ausvisaissues wrote: post #51

SwellJoe wrote: post #34

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I can't remember the last time I typed in a search engine URL. I type my queries into my browser URL field and let it do the right thing. When I want Google, I use "!g query" (because DDG is my default, and that's how you tell it to redirect the query to Google). Under what circumstances do you type in the name of your preferred search engine?

When I want to use the non-default search engine (non-default is usually ddg). When trying a search engine for the first time. When using a public computer. Biggest problem is on mobile. On Chrome (for iPhone), I have the following options: 1. Google 2. Yahoo! 3. Bing I don't see any way to add a search engine not on the list.

Post by angersock » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:56 AM UTC

piyush_soni wrote: post #55

pwnna wrote: post #10

I think a better link to explain is here: https://duck.co/help/results/yahoo-technical-implementation It looks like they are just querying yahoo for results and ads as a proxy and it sounds like, through some contractual/technical limitations, they have to make that request from a yahoo controlled domain name (duckduckgo-owned-server.yahoo.net). However, they say they fully control the server and yahoo does not get t…

The cynic in me says that it all starts like this. With multiple, gradual ToS changes, eventually, it will become like any other company out there. And what if Yahoo acquires DDG?

Post by dcgoss » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 6:09 AM UTC

mathgeek wrote: post #38

dcgoss wrote: post #13

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Ironically, your name is organic_tech34. For the record, the term "organic" is regulated by the USDA.

> the term "organic" is regulated by the USDA. I think the point the previous poster was making is that even though it's regulated, there are so many black boxes that it's rather easy to sneak in a violation and no one notices (whether the company is doing it or it's accidental). Just look at how many organic product recalls happen in any given year due to various causes.

Post by Kiro » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 6:24 AM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #2

Does this mean that Yahoo results appear in DDG? Will DDG power Yahoo search in any way?