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I don't know if I'll ever use duckduckgo, but I love the marketing approach: instead of advertising, create side projects or content that interest people. I find the blog content very interesting.

If you have anything you want us to write about, please let us know.

could you write about the reason for naming it 'duck duck go'? I see there is a game called duck duck goose. Is there a connection?

Really it just popped in my head one day and I just liked it. It is certainly influenced/derived from Duck Duck Goose, but other than that there is no relation, e.g. a metaphor.

I've never heard of duckduckgo.com, but I have to say I like it! Its less cluttered, and I like the way it asks to clarify what I'm looking for before returning results.

Thanks! If you try it out, e.g. for a week, we'd love your feedback. Feel free to email me anytime (contact info in profile).

When I click "add to chrome" nothing happens.

Did it get added in the background for you, i.e. if you go to options is it in the search engine drop down?

Just checked...nope.

I found the toolbar to be useless at best. I uninstalled it after a week.

It blocked maybe one "junk" domain and false positived on three.

And really, it's an even worse idea than NoScript - what harm is seeing ads on a parked domain going to do you every now and then?

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience with our toolbar. The false positive rate is actually very low, but there is a subset of sites (new launches) where we still have some problems. Basically there is a time lag in our crawling. Unfortunately, this effects the HN (startup) crowd more than others.

A lot of people want to avoid parked domains and ads, hence the popularity of noscript. You do not appear to be one of these people :). So it probably wasn't for you in the first place.

I'm impressed with DDG. An ego search finds all the results Google does minus much of the crap.

How big is your team?

Thanks! 2.

"Also, domains we don't cover (see [1]) are prevented from being sent to us at all."

So why sent it back at all?

Not sure I understand the question. They aren't sent back to us.

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