DuckDuckGo
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Type of site | Web search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Many languages |
| Headquarters | 20 Paoli Pike Paoli, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | Duck Duck Go, Inc. |
| Created by | Gabriel Weinberg |
| URL | lite |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 25, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl, JavaScript, Python |
DuckDuckGo is a search engine made by Gabriel Weinberg. It stresses that it does not collect information about users like Google does, and keeps data private. It headquarters is in Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2024[update], it received over 100,000,000 searches every day.
It's named after children's game Duck, duck, goose.
References
- ↑ "Duck Duck Go, Inc.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ↑ "About DuckDuckGo". DuckDuckGo. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ↑ Buys, Jon (July 10, 2010). "DuckDuckGo: A New Search Engine Built from Open Source". GigaOM OStatic blog. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Architecture". DuckDuckGo Community Platform. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "DuckDuckGo Usage Stats for 2025". Backlinko. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ↑ "Ducking Google in search engines". The Washington Post. 2012-11-09. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
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