Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo

Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by izzydata on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:37AM (#18664756)

Where does DuckDuckGo get the money to keep this service alive?

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by TheCoreh on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:52AM (#18664889)

Ads. Just not tracking-based ads, only keyword-based ads.

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by izzydata on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:33AM (#18665254)

Thanks, that makes sense.

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by ohthehugemanate on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @06:24PM (#18668608)

Advertising. They serve Bing ads based on your search terms. They don't store or share any kind of history or profile... Apparently just your search terms are enough to provide relevant ads with a solid click through rate.

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Re:Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo by dovvdkc on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:45AM (#18664833)

I actually click on sponsored links just to help DDG.

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