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The thread discusses a relatively unknown search engine praised for its privacy, lack of paid or excessive advertisements, and speed, with the original poster discovering it recently and noting its integration with Apple OSes and a Chrome extension. A responder mentions that the search engine, DuckDuckGo, has been around for a long time, explaining its faster performance as a result of displaying only about 400 results. Overall, participants find it to be a promising alternative to Google, though some have yet to fully adopt it.
MikeHawthorne

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Hi

I just ran across this search engine that says it doesn't track you or distribute your information.
What I like it that it doesn't have the paid entries at the top of the list and a lot less advertising.

It also seems to be faster then Google or the other search engines I've been using but I've never heard of it before a couple of days ago?

There is an extension for it in Chrome.

Mike
 

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Duck duck has been around a long time
 
MikeHawthorne

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Hi

Ok it looks like it is legitimate and it seems to work really well.
It has even been incorporated into Apple OSes.

Mike
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Funny I never heard about it until just recently, but I've been using it and it seems to work really well I have it on my tablet as an app, where it opens as a standalone application.

Now I've added to Chrome as an extension.
 
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I believe the reason it appears to be fast is that it only shows the top 400 or so results unlike google which shows you everything.
 
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It came up in one of my Conference Calls a couple of months ago.🙂 It looks pretty decent. I keep forgetting to use it.

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