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  2. DuckDuckGo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

    DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. [3][14] Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. Self-funded by Weinberg until October 2011, DuckDuckGo was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors ...

  3. DuckDuckGo Private Browser - Wikipedia

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    DuckDuckGo Private Browser is a web browser created by DuckDuckGo. [4] It is a privacy -oriented browser available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. [5] The core browser functionality is the WebView component provided by the operating system. [1] This means the browser engine is Blink on Android and Windows, but WebKit on iOS and macOS.

  4. Timeline of web search engines - Wikipedia

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    DuckDuckGo (DDG), a web search engine focused on protecting searchers' privacy by not profiling its users, launches. [47] [48] 2009 March–May: shutdown of Wikia Search [46] July: 29: Web search engine consolidation: Microsoft and Yahoo! announce that they have made a ten-year deal in which the Yahoo! search engine would be replaced by Bing ...

  5. Comparison of web search engines - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of web search engines. Web search engines are listed in tables below for comparison purposes. The first table lists the company behind the engine, volume and ad support and identifies the nature of the software being used as free software or proprietary software. The second and third table lists internet privacy aspects along with ...

  6. Search engine - Wikipedia

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    Some engines suggest queries when the user is typing in the search box. A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The user inputs a query within a web browser or a mobile app, and the search results are often a list of hyperlinks ...

  7. Search engine privacy - Wikipedia

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    Google, founded in 1998, is the most widely used search engine, receiving billions and billions of search queries every month. [8] Google logs all search terms in a database along with the date and time of search, browser and operating system, IP address of user, the Google cookie, and the URL that shows the search engine and search query. [10]

  8. List of search engines - Wikipedia

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    Mocavo.com: family history search engine; Job. Adzuna (UK) CareerBuilder (US) Craigslist (by city) Dice ... Redirected to DuckDuckGo in 2021 Grams: Grams (anonymous ...

  9. History of the web browser - Wikipedia

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    History of the web browser. A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. It further provides for the capture or input of information which may be returned to the presenting system, then stored or processed as necessary. The method of accessing a particular page or ...