DuckDuckGo
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DuckDuckGo (DDG) is an internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy[3] and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results.[3] DuckDuckGo does not show search results from content farms.[5] It uses various APIs of other websites to show quick results to queries and for traditional links it uses the help of its partners (mainly Bing) and its own crawler.[6][7] Because of its anonymity, it is impossible to know how many people use DuckDuckGo.[8]
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 Screenshot of DuckDuckGo home page as of 2018 | |
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | 20 Paoli Pike Paoli, Pennsylvania |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | Duck Duck Go, Inc.[1] |
| Created by | Gabriel Weinberg |
| URL | duckduckgo |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 25, 2008[2] |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Perl,[3] JavaScript, Python[4] |
The company is based in Paoli, Pennsylvania, in Greater Philadelphia and had 200 employees as of November 2022[update].[9] The company name is a reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.[10][11]