Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo

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Post by dexen » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 1:59 PM UTC

Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo
blog.linuxmint.com

Re: Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

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Re: Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo

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Post by nextparadigms » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 2:30 PM UTC

Does DuckDuckGo pay for the Bing engine? And what happens if Microsoft tries to stop them from using it, or they put some limitations on it for 3rd parties?

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Post by fuckingidiot » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 2:42 PM UTC

nextparadigms wrote: post #3

Does DuckDuckGo pay for the Bing engine? And what happens if Microsoft tries to stop them from using it, or they put some limitations on it for 3rd parties?

Seriously.. that is the best question you have?

You disgust me.

Re: Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo

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Post by mitko » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 2:43 PM UTC

nextparadigms wrote: post #3

Does DuckDuckGo pay for the Bing engine? And what happens if Microsoft tries to stop them from using it, or they put some limitations on it for 3rd parties?

What other options for backend besides Bing are there if one would like to do make a new search engine?

Re: Linux Mint signs a partnership with DuckDuckGo

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Post by mechanical_fish » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

My god, it's yet another piece of software called Mint. Stop the branding madness!

Also frustrating is the fact that I couldn't spot the link from the official Linux Mint blog to the "please tell me what Linux Mint is" page. I ultimately resorted to Google. A conversion funnel tragedy.

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Post by tutysara » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 3:28 PM UTC

Is it like a Tor for search engine where all the searches are performed by DuckDuckGo, keeping the users away from tracking? I tried searching some terms and it gives results pretty fast.I found no ads in their search results,wondering how these guys are getting money to share their revenue with Linux Mint and also pay MS for using Bing data. Making me doubt they might push favorable content up.

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Post by unfare » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 3:30 PM UTC

mitko wrote: post #5

nextparadigms wrote: post #3

Does DuckDuckGo pay for the Bing engine? And what happens if Microsoft tries to stop them from using it, or they put some limitations on it for 3rd parties?

What other options for backend besides Bing are there if one would like to do make a new search engine?

yandex

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Post by DanBC » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 3:38 PM UTC

mechanical_fish wrote: post #6

My god, it's yet another piece of software called Mint. Stop the branding madness! Also frustrating is the fact that I couldn't spot the link from the official Linux Mint blog to the "please tell me what Linux Mint is" page. I ultimately resorted to Google. A conversion funnel tragedy.

Linux Mint was first released in 2006, so it's not hopping on some "name our software product Mint" bandwagon.

> Also frustrating is the fact that I couldn't spot the link from the official Linux Mint blog to the [. . .]

Yes, this is a common and frustrating mistake. There's a bunch of stuff that I haven't bothered investigating because I get sent to a blog but can't be bothered to web-search for the product when there's no link.

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Post by middus » Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 3:40 PM UTC

mechanical_fish wrote: post #6

My god, it's yet another piece of software called Mint. Stop the branding madness! Also frustrating is the fact that I couldn't spot the link from the official Linux Mint blog to the "please tell me what Linux Mint is" page. I ultimately resorted to Google. A conversion funnel tragedy.

AFAIR, the first Linux Mint release is from 2006.