

The Duckduckgo business model is still based on advertising and affiliate revenue. So how do they make money, then, if they don’t store and sell data? Just because they offer you complete privacy, it doesn’t mean Duckduckgo has no advertising ties. Does DuckDuckGo cost?īut then they think ‘wait, but Duckduckgo is also free‘. Each time you search on DuckDuckGo, it’s as if you’ve never been there before. We don’t track you at all, regardless what browsing mode you are in.

To keep your searches private and out of data profiles, the government, and other legal requests, you need to use DuckDuckGo. This search engine is dedicated to the online privacy of its users. Is Duck Duck a search engine?ĭuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008. DuckDuckGo’s business model proposes itself as an alternative to Google’s business model. Indeed as reported by Crunchbase, it received over $170 million in funding from several investors, comprising Union Square Ventures (led by Fred Wilson). Is DuckDuckGo owned by Google?ĭuckDuckGo (DDG) is privately owned. It doesn’t have the same market share as Google, so you cannot sync lots of your accounts and services with it. DuckDuckGo doesn’t offer as many services as Google and other search engines. What happens if I add DuckDuckGo to Chrome?Ĭons.
