DuckDuckGo Passes 3 Million Searches, Just 8 Days After Hitting 2 Million
Another week, another traffic record in the alternative search engine space. DuckDuckGo (DDG) ed this morning about its latest milestone: more than three million direct searches in a single day. As...
View ArticleDuck Duck Go’s Post-PRISM Growth Actually Proves No One Cares About “Private”...
Look out, Google! Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days. Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program...
View ArticleEarly Look at Google’s June 25 Algo Update
If you follow our MozCast Google “weather” tracker, you may have noticed something unusual this morning – a record algorithm flux temperature of 113.3°F (the previous high was 102.2°, set on December...
View ArticleStartPage, Ixquick Passed 4 Million Daily Searches On Monday
StartPage and Ixquick, sister search engines that offer private searching, announced that they surpassed four million daily direct searches on Monday. The announcement comes about three weeks after...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, July 3, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: New AdWords Integration For Analytics Changes Campaign Name...
View ArticleSearch Engines Ixquick & StartPage Double Up On Security Measures With 2 New...
On the heels of the US PRISM scandal, private search engines Ixquick and its partner site StartPage are leveraging new encryption methods that offer higher levels of security beyond the standard SSL...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, July 22, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Passing Search Queries To...
View ArticleDuck Duck Go’s Impact On The Current SEO Landscape and Its Future Trajectory
With recent headlines that the NSA has been profiling people’s online movements (the irony of saying this online isn’t lost on me), it’s very interesting to see how it has affected search engines....
View ArticlePost-PRISM, Google Confirms Quietly Moving To Make All Searches Secure,...
In the past month, Google quietly made a change aimed at encrypting all search activity — except for clicks on ads. Google says this has been done to provide “extra protection” for searchers, and the...
View ArticleNew Disconnect Tool Enables Private Searches Without Logging Out Of Online...
Online security software provider Disconnect launched their latest search tool, Disconnect Search this week. According to the announcement, Disconnect Search allows users to perform private searches...
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