The search engine was born in 1996 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, but here’s the fun part: the two partners actually offered to sell Google in 1999 to internet company Excite for just $750,000.Įxcite rejected the offer and have spent the last 20 years kicking themselves. Specifically, Google currently holds a whopping 92.18 percent of the worldwide search engine market share. The search engine is so popular that it’s many times larger than all of the world’s other search engines combined.

It’s difficult to comprehend Google’s epic size. Worldwide Search Engine Market Share: 92.18% Gabriel said that DuckDuckGo is working to implement necessary changes to the browser.The Best Search Engine in The World: Google However, we have been continually pushing and expect to be doing more soon.” this may modify the app store page descriptions within the mobile browser of the platform, and inform the user in an exceedingly higher manner.Īlso, the company executive further made it clear through his tweet, stating: “Unfortunately our Microsoft search syndication agreement prevents us from doing more to Microsoft-owned properties. Gabriel Steven Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo admitted that the company’s agreement with Microsoft has given them the permission to trace ads and has Microsoft’s trackers on their browsers.Īs per additional reports, DuckDuckGo claims to be speaking and negotiating with Microsoft for removing this clause. the corporate additional states that the browser doesn't use or store ad-click behaviour knowledge to the profile users, rather, it trackers the information through LinkedIn and Bing. The website of DuckDuckGo encompasses a page that states that the platform has an associate agreement with Microsoft that showcases the advertisements next to the search results.

Recently a security scientist discovered that its platform has been permitting Microsoft to trace knowledge through the ad domains of LinkedIn and Bing. Follow us on Image Source : DUCKDUCKGO WEBSITEĭuckDuckGo browser is meant to obstruct the trackers from advertisers World Health Organization sell and trades user data.

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