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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

Google owns Duck.com, which has been driving rival search engine DuckDuckGo [cnet.com] up the wall for over six years. Because when you type "duck.com [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 [cnet.com] this Friday, Google has relented. Google comms VP Rob Shilkin just quacked tweeted [twitter.com] 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 [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 [ducks.com], click here [basspro.com]. Note that it redirects to Bass Pro Shops.
• If you meant to visit the search engine DuckDuckGo, click here [duckduckgo.com].
• If you want to learn more about ducks on Wikipedia, click here [wikipedia.org].

Related: DuckDuckGo Is Google's Tiniest Fiercest Competitor [soylentnews.org]

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