Is Google Scared Of DuckDuckGo ?
In those eight curious days between the news of the Snowden leak and Google’s move to encrypt 100% of search queries, some startling search traffic occurred with one of Google’s tiniest competitors, DuckDuckGo.
“It took 1445 days to get 1 million (daily) searches, 483 days to get 2 million searches, and then just 8 days to pass 3 million searches.”
Can you guess when DuckDuckGo proudly sent out the above-tweet? If you clicked on it, you’ll see June 18th as the date. Or, roughly 8 days after Edward Snowden leaked the NSA news.
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The question remains, did Google encrypt 100% of search because of NSA concerns? Or were they nervous about the tremendous growth displayed by a tiny competitor?
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