Officially Announce Apple Partners with DuckDuck Go to be the primary Internet Search Provider....
How Will Google Respond...
After months of various security
breaches from Target to no Home Depot – many users and consumers are finding
themselves caught between two evils.
Using search engines that collect, mine and give data to BIG BROTHER US
GOVERNMENT and or risk being hack attacked by some bum in China who then sends
them a letter asking for ransom. With
that, many users including myself are turning to alternatives, not that I have
anything to hide but I guess its my old soul mentality that falls back on the
foundations in which our fore fathers fought and died for, you know the whole
freedom, right to privacy aspect.
Behold, along came the innovators
of DuckDuckGo, founded by Gabriel Weinberg.
While many would ask who in their right mind would launch a Search
Engine this “late” in the game when the market is already flooded by Google,
Yahoo and Bing etc. DuckDuckGo has
tailored their SERP to the likes of those wanting privacy and protection. Make no mistake, DuckDuckGo has quickly become
the little search engine that could. In the nearly impossible to break-into
search engine space, this company that doesn’t sell, or even collect user
information confirmed an epic partnership with Apple to be the company's built-in search
engine for the soon-to-be released iOS and OSX. But in the end, it could be
Apple who stands to benefit most.
While the
percentage of Safari users dropped by
6 percent between September 2013 and April 2014, DuckDuckGo more than tripled its monthly users since Edward
Snowden one year
ago revealed the U.S. government was compelling Google and others to divulge user
information. This could all be very good news to Apple.
DuckDuckGo has
raised $3 million in venture capital from Union Square Ventures and others, according to Crunchbase,
and makes money by syndicating some of its search results via the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance in exchange for a payment-per-click on
links marked as “Sponsored.” We’ve reached to to DuckDuckGo to ask if its work
with Microsoft and Yahoo will be impacted by the deal and will keep you posted
as we learn more.
