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Google Throws DuckDuckGo a Bone, Adds Redirect on duck.com Landing Page

posted by martyb on Sunday July 22 2018, @05:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the all-your-ducks-in-a-row dept.

takyon writes:

Google owns Duck.com, but it'll give rival DuckDuckGo a shoutout anyhow

Google owns Duck.com, which has been driving rival search engine DuckDuckGo up the wall for over six years. Because when you type "duck.com" into a web browser, you get Google.com. Doesn't make a lot of sense, yes?

But after a new round of complaints this Friday, Google has relented. Google comms VP Rob Shilkin just quacked tweeted that a new landing page will give people an opportunity to click from Duck.com straight through to DuckDuckGo. Or to the Wikipedia page for ducks, because that's only fair.

From on2.com:

Please note that On2 was previously called the Duck Corporation. So if you typed Duck.com, you are redirected to On2.com:

  • If you meant to visit ducks.com, click here. Note that it redirects to Bass Pro Shops.
  • If you meant to visit the search engine DuckDuckGo, click here.
  • If you want to learn more about ducks on Wikipedia, click here.

Related: DuckDuckGo Is Google's Tiniest Fiercest Competitor

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday July 23 2018, @12:07AM (2 children)

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 23 2018, @12:07AM (#710954) Journal

    Interesting. Apparently Duckduckgo ranks porn sites higher than does Google (unless Google just filters them out).

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday July 23 2018, @03:52PM (1 child)

    by Pino P (4721) on Monday July 23 2018, @03:52PM (#711274) Journal

    For the past five and a half years, Google Images has automatically turned on SafeSearch unless it thinks your keywords are strongly associated with erotic images. Does it provide an option to turn off SafeSearch?

    Sources: "Google Updates SafeSearch Filter In Image Search" by Barry Schwartz [searchengineland.com]; "Google tweaks image search to make porn harder to find" by Casey Newton [cnet.com]

    • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday July 23 2018, @04:50PM

      by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 23 2018, @04:50PM (#711307) Journal

      I don't know, I've never checked.

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