What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

I am going to build my own search engine but with a monthly subscription fee. No ads, no tracking and I don't keep logs of your activity. So across between a VPN and a Search engine!

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by hnarn » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:29 AM UTC

vs2 wrote: post #4

I am going to build my own search engine but with a monthly subscription fee. No ads, no tracking and I don't keep logs of your activity. So across between a VPN and a Search engine!

I admire the initiative but there is no way people will pay for a search engine.

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by janwillemb » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:30 AM UTC

Tldr:

DuckDuckGo is profitable

- mostly by keyword-based search ads

- also by affiliate links to Amazon e.a.

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by numlock86 » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:30 AM UTC

ionwake wrote: post #2

I’ve always had a bad vibe about duckduckgo

And how is this related to the linked article?

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by markosaric » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:33 AM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #3

FAQ on their own site: https://help.duckduckgo.com/company/advertising-and-affiliat...

SpreadPrivacy is an official DuckDuckGo blog too.

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by thatoneuser » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:33 AM UTC

hnarn wrote: post #5

vs2 wrote: post #4

I am going to build my own search engine but with a monthly subscription fee. No ads, no tracking and I don't keep logs of your activity. So across between a VPN and a Search engine!

I admire the initiative but there is no way people will pay for a search engine.

Not that I'm going to be the average user here, but I'm desperate to pay for a search engine that works like I want.

I've lost so many hours on google that the cost would make itself up. Just yesterday stuck in another gRut, looking for "what is X" to receive nothing but "how to implement X!".

Valuable hours lost every week. I'd happily pay for a search engine that just got it right.

Re: What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017)

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Post by _puk » Thu, May 28, 2020, 10:36 AM UTC

hnarn wrote: post #5

vs2 wrote: post #4

I am going to build my own search engine but with a monthly subscription fee. No ads, no tracking and I don't keep logs of your activity. So across between a VPN and a Search engine!

I admire the initiative but there is no way people will pay for a search engine.

Quite the generalisation..

To provide a counter generalisation, I am sure a certain percentage would pay for a niche search engine if it provided specific value.

I mean, LexisNexis news search exists, and is far from free.