The document discusses DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused search engine. It provides an agenda that covers the rise of privacy concerns in search engines like Google, an overview of what DuckDuckGo is and why it was founded, how to optimize websites and advertise on DuckDuckGo, and where privacy in search is headed. DuckDuckGo has grown rapidly in recent years and now handles over 100 million searches per day, making it the 6th largest search engine globally. It does not track users or store personal information like search histories.
15. How do I optimise for DDG?
A. How DDG works. - 400 sources including:
DuckDuckBot Crowdsourcing websites Search engines e.g.
Yahoo, Bing
âą No proprietary indexes - uses APIs
âą Re-ranks using intelligence layer
âą Privacy is key
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16. How do I optimise for DDG?
B. Optimisation tips.
Quality backlinks Engaging content Submit site
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Submit your !Bang Structured data
17. How do I advertise on DDG?
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ADVERTISING
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AFFILIATE
REVENUE
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âą Founded in the US (PA) in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg to protect users search privacy and avoid bubble of personalised search results
âą Backed by Union Square Ventures and angel investors
âą Name comes from the childrenâs game âDuck, Duck, Gooseâ
âą Search engine written in Perl, runs on nginx, FreeBSD and Linux
âą Built primarily on search APIâs from 400 sources (including Yahoo!, Search BOSS, Wolfram Alpha, Bing, its webcrawler, Wikipedia and others)
âą Earns revenue from advertisements (managed by MSA) and affiliate programs (ebay/amazon)
Sept 26, 2013 â GNOME releases Web 3.1 with DDG as default search engine
âą Sept 18, 2014 â Apple includes as search option on IOS 8 and OS X Yosemite in Safari browser
âą 2014 â Mozilla ads DDG as option for Firefox 33.1
âą 2016 â DDG partners with Yahoo!, Bing, Yandex and Wikipedia â without sharing user information
âą 2016 â Tor Browser names DDG as default search
âą 2019 â DDG announces all maps powered by Apple Maps
âą July 2021 â privacy @duck.com email service launched
âą Nov 2021 â 101 million daily searches on average
âȘ Surpassed 100 billion searches on Jan 13, 2022
âȘ Current average circa 100 million searches per day
âȘ 6th biggest search engine by rank globally, approaching 1% of global search market
âȘ USA largest market share, followed by Germany and the UK
âȘ Reach 3 of top 6 search engines via Microsoft Advertising (Yandex: Russia, Baidu: China)
What does Google track?
âȘ Location data
âȘ Search history
âȘ Purchases you make
âȘ Browsing behaviour
âȘ Gmail activity
âȘ YouTube activity
âȘ Ads you view
âȘ How you use Google devices, apps, services
âȘ Anything connected to Google
What does DDG track?
âȘ No search history â completely anonymous
âȘ Automatically connects to encrypted versions websites when possible making harder for others to track
âȘ Does not use cookies
âȘ Keeps IP addresses hidden
âȘ Incognito only prevents browser history from being recorded on your local device
âȘ Does not prevent website you visit from collecting information
âȘ According to Search Engine Journal, DuckDuckGo compiles its search results via a total of 400 sources, including the DuckDuckBot, several crowdsourcing websites, and search engines such as Yahoo and Bing.
âȘ This is different from Google or Bing which maintain their own isolated âindexesâ and determine their own rankings
âȘ Local search much less precise on DDG due to privacy search approach â IP addresses arenât stored
âȘ Map data is sourced from Apple maps â so make sure listing is up to date
âȘ Follow Bing and Google indexing rules
Quality backlinks
Optimise/repurpose engaging content (know your sources) LinkedIn, Amazon, Quora etcâŠâŠ.
Submit site to other search engines (Bing, Yahoo, Yandex)
Submit your !Bang (shortcut)
Structured data - JSON-LD
DuckDuckGo generates revenue in two ways â affiliate revenue and advertising
âȘ Affiliate revenue is via programs such as Amazon and Ebay affiliate programs
âȘ Advertising is via sponsored links managed by the Microsoft Ad Network â
specifically the search and content networks on Bing