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Re:Hidden From Google by Vik1ng on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @11:52AM (#8037142)
The ruling applies to every search engine.

90%+ of Europeans use google. How many use DuckDuckGo? So not having that stuff on google is pretty effective.

   how about Usenet and news aggregator sites like HackerNews?
Who uses that stuff when looking up someone?
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Re:Hidden From Google by joosters on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @11:55AM (#8037165)
It only covers EU 'based' search engines. If DDG has no servers in Europe, I don't think they have to do anything to comply with this ruling.
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Re:Hidden From Google by Vik1ng on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:02PM (#8037211)
And that works because they are pretty much irrelevant right now. I doubt they could get aways with no presence in on of their biggest markets, if the reach something like 25-50% market share.
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Re:Hidden From Google by duiker101 on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:30PM (#8037388)
I think the point that the parent was also trying to make is that even if this would effect only Google it's still very important because let's face it, almost nobody uses DDG. At least in Europe and compared to Google.
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