Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

#1

Post by darwinw » Sat, May 16, 2009, 4:37 PM UTC

Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo
gabrielweinberg.com

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

#2

Post by epi0Bauqu » Sat, May 16, 2009, 9:26 PM UTC

For the record, I only made this post in an attempt to get a link to the search engine somewhere in the article, in this case through the Sphere-powered related posts section. It didn't work :(

Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/inde... (YC's Scoopler is mentioned in the article.)

Snapshot: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/cnn.pdf

FWIW, here's the funding breakdown mentioned in the blog post...from crunchbase:

Wolfram Alpha: ?

Search Me: $43.6M

Kosmix: $55M

Hakia: $21M

Twitter: $55M

Duck Duck Go: bootstrapped :)

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

#3

Post by jasonlbaptiste » Sat, May 16, 2009, 9:35 PM UTC

Congrats Gabriel. DuckDuckGo trumps these guys, and I'm glad CNN got you guys into the article. Best of luck.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by pj » Sat, May 16, 2009, 9:38 PM UTC

This is a really good search engine. I've been looking for one and I'm going to use this as the default in my browser for a while.

Very nice work. Very impressed. It's fast, the results are pretty good and the interface with the show more and hitting the down arrow to keep going is really nice.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by epi0Bauqu » Sat, May 16, 2009, 9:41 PM UTC

pj wrote: post #4

This is a really good search engine. I've been looking for one and I'm going to use this as the default in my browser for a while. Very nice work. Very impressed. It's fast, the results are pretty good and the interface with the show more and hitting the down arrow to keep going is really nice.

Thanks! After you (or anyone) tries it for a while, e.g. a week, I'd love your feedback. Feel free to email me (contact info in profile). We're always looking for feedback from real users.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by pj » Sat, May 16, 2009, 10:28 PM UTC

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #5

pj wrote: post #4

This is a really good search engine. I've been looking for one and I'm going to use this as the default in my browser for a while. Very nice work. Very impressed. It's fast, the results are pretty good and the interface with the show more and hitting the down arrow to keep going is really nice.

Thanks! After you (or anyone) tries it for a while, e.g. a week, I'd love your feedback. Feel free to email me (contact info in profile). We're always looking for feedback from real users.

Will do. I saved a draft in my outbox so I'll remember.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by rms » Sat, May 16, 2009, 10:42 PM UTC

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #2

For the record, I only made this post in an attempt to get a link to the search engine somewhere in the article, in this case through the Sphere-powered related posts section. It didn't work :( Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/inde... (YC's Scoopler is mentioned in the article.) Snapshot: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/cnn.pdf FWIW, here's the funding breakdown mentioned in the blog…

It's probably not too late to ask them for a link.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by epi0Bauqu » Sat, May 16, 2009, 10:48 PM UTC

rms wrote: post #7

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #2

For the record, I only made this post in an attempt to get a link to the search engine somewhere in the article, in this case through the Sphere-powered related posts section. It didn't work :( Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/inde... (YC's Scoopler is mentioned in the article.) Snapshot: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/cnn.pdf FWIW, here's the funding breakdown mentioned in the blog…

It's probably not too late to ask them for a link.

I did that too :). I also left a comment, but then comments were apparently closed before they added mine. This post was a last ditch effort.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by endtime » Sun, May 17, 2009, 3:15 AM UTC

Suggestion, in case anyone from DDG is reading this. Switch the locations of the about link and the share link. I tried to click about, and in the process moused over the share link, which popped up some box that covered the about link.

Re: Duck Duck go on CNN top story as a logo

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Post by CalmQuiet » Sun, May 17, 2009, 9:19 AM UTC

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #2

For the record, I only made this post in an attempt to get a link to the search engine somewhere in the article, in this case through the Sphere-powered related posts section. It didn't work :( Story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/12/future.search.engine/inde... (YC's Scoopler is mentioned in the article.) Snapshot: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/cnn.pdf FWIW, here's the funding breakdown mentioned in the blog…

What a rip-off for you that they think enough of you to make a screen shot of Duck visible in the graphic... but mention you not in the text (let alone hotlink). "Journalism," they call it. :/