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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   
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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• Re:I'm not sure why DDG is so annoyed (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 23 2018, @12:38AM

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Monday July 23 2018, @12:38AM (#710969) Journal

  Busy, in a hurry, and with other things on your mind, like the subject you happen to be searching for, you may not type out the URL that you meant to type. So - you expect to land on DDG's search page, but instead, you land on Google.

  It's a concern, because Google is happy to capitalize on silly, simple mistakes. It's part of their business model.

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  “I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz

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