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Re:Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of ... by itslennysfault on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @01:13PM (#39016547)
It is accurate to say DDG uses bing behind the scenes, but that is not its only source. They have their own crawler (DuckDuckBot[1]), and pull results from many sources[2].

1. https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/duckduc...

2. https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources...

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Re:Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of ... by Kiro on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:13PM (#39018461)
Their own crawler is only used for widgets and other fluff.
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