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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by clicks on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @07:50AM (#5904956)
That is pretty awesome.

I'm curious: was the privacy focus by the DDG guys always there, or was it pushed after they found it was a nice advertising point?

Either way, I think this is a good enough reason for me to finally make the switch.

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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by bru on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @08:13AM (#5905042)
When you look at the timeline[1], the first event is "DontTrack.us", a website[2] dedicated to pointing out google tracking, and linking to DDG in the end.

So privacy has always been their focus. It is a nice advertising point, but pushed from the beginning.

1: https://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html

2: http://donttrack.us/

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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by corin_ on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @02:37PM (#5907357)
That timeline begins 1.5 - 2 years after DDG launched.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by whunut on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @08:03AM (#5905009)
I remember the first time (about 6 months ago) I took a look at their about page there was a big emphasis on them not tracking your searches, so I think the sentiment has always been there.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by corin_ on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @02:36PM (#5907351)
DDG launched in 2008, so data from 6 months ago doesn't really speak to whether privacy was a part of the original purpose.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal by crazedpsyc on Thursday June 20, 2013 @09:49PM (#5916044)
In the very beginning, Gabriel was more focused on the instant answers and hadn't thought much of privacy -- users brought it up after he launched it on HN.
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