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Danny Sullivan of Google responded to the claims and allegations from DuckDuckGo around Google's biased search results.
Here is the video from DuckDuckGo:
DuckDuckGo tweeted it:
Most people now know companies like Google & Facebook collect & sell your data. Yet some people still think, "So what? I have nothing to hide." Here's five compelling reasons to tell them why your privacy is worth more than you think!https://t.co/r7xERPuIdv pic.twitter.com/JRjRmALof5
— DuckDuckGo (@DuckDuckGo) August 27, 2019
Now that you've watched the video, here is how Danny Sullivan responded to that tweet:
Also, as we've shared before, it's possible for two people to do the exact same search at the same time at Duck Duck Go and get different search results: https://t.co/LcGVNYnqsn
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) August 28, 2019
I work for Google Search to help provide information about how we operate, so I'm speaking to only this part that's in my area. But somewhat related, we have new tools that let people automatically delete data: https://t.co/OHv7Ro4X2a
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) August 28, 2019
I am on vacation, so I really don't have time to add more color but I wanted to highlight this. I don't think I've seen Google react directly to DuckDuckGo's stuff before.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Comments:
Greedy Bar Stewards
08/29/2019 11:38 am
Google getting worried .... Good for DDG.
Name Man
08/29/2019 12:00 pm
DDG finally got under Google's skin. Bing's already converted.
Josh Zehtabchi
08/29/2019 12:55 pm
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Himmat Singh Rathore
08/29/2019 01:18 pm
without data, there is no search engine. Google do not use private data to rank a website. if ddg is comparing normal mode vs private then there is no bubble. thus DDG can not get into Google' skin
Caleb Schmidt
08/29/2019 01:32 pm
I'm sure Google is worrying all the way to the bank...
tobstar
08/29/2019 01:37 pm
Good for DDG, capitalist surveillance is a bad thing (he says typing in chrome, giving google location data, letting them listen into everything I say via my phone, access to all my photos and telling them who my family members are for facial recognition). And if you look at the state of politics in the US and UK this is extremely worrying. Google is a world class product but it can and has been used for nefarious purposes. Sometimes technology moves so fast we can't fully understand the implications. Only now is light being properly shone on it. Plus if I was a US citizen I'd be more concerned, personal data laws are somewhat relaxed.
tobstar
08/29/2019 01:37 pm
Plus that video was well made and got the point across very concisely
Asaf Dok Adv.
08/29/2019 04:49 pm
Google should learn from DuckDuckGo about user privacy and serp relevancy.
black hat
08/29/2019 10:33 pm
People think a competing search engine needs to dominate the market to dethrone google. But that isn't true.... you just have to get near 50% to claim equivalency. For online retail in the US Bing was getting 35% of my organic revenue... another 10% or so and I really have to treat Google and Bing as equally important.
Bill Boyd
08/29/2019 11:06 pm
Everything Google offers is for their data harvesting. Not a single thing they offer is free out of the kindness of their hearts.
Cody Sharp
08/30/2019 01:17 am
Everyone knows that if DuckDuckGo begins actually gaining market share, Google will just buy them anyway. They are the Big Bad in the story.
macc niemann
08/30/2019 02:04 am
Google is like.. "nuh uh, we don't do that, you do that, nanny nanny boo boo"
bmarcu
08/30/2019 07:41 am
It doean't really matter that much if you use Google or Duckduckgo as your search engine if you own an Android phone.
David MacKinnon
08/30/2019 10:53 am
So I find it interesting everyone always focuses on the advertising platforms, rather than the authors of the ads. Even when it's the advertisers doing dodgy shit that causes most of the personal information leaks, and effects that duckduckgo describe. Regulating the content of online ads (tracking links/advertiser cookies, data correlation) would do way more than the current shrill noises people make that don't address the underlying issue. Google isn't the actual source of most of this. They certainly have no interest in sharing your data directly with anyone.
Jim Weston
08/30/2019 11:43 am
When Google mines data they can better target ads and sell more Google products. Google's number one mission today is profit, the end user comes last, Its been this way for some time. Google does manipulate search and they keep getting better at it, anyone who does not believe this is completely naive. If you don't believe me do a search on something controversial on Google and then do a that same search on DDG you will see the difference. Since last August I gave up using Google for search, besides privacy DDG gives better and much cleaner easy to read results. One of the reasons I began using Google years ago was its clean interface and quality search results. Now its just clutter, suggested answers boxes and stacks of useless other stuff that I don't need when I search.
John Kiss
08/30/2019 07:24 pm
All I can say is I looked up "gout" &"girt" because of a discussion unrelated to my or my family's health and the very next day I was getting articles about both on my Android news feed. And I have Google's personalization turned off.
Doug Turner
08/30/2019 07:49 pm
Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Google isn't debating ANY OTHER point from the video, just the filter bubble? And they do admit to doing it when it comes to hiding results, it's just that they will hide things FROM EVERYBODY.
Heinz Kreutz
08/31/2019 02:46 pm
I was talking about being frustrated about hemorrhoids next to my phone but not on the phone. The next day guess what ads i had. Although it is public knowledge andoid lhones spy on you, i have an IPhone. While I do not like what these companies are doing, google played the same game duck duck go is playing, except their target was internet explorer. Hell, they even said they would "do no evil" funny how that changed. I fully expect to be punished by "the google" now that I spoke ill of them. But wait, duck duck go is free, so ask yourself "what's in it for them?" Why fight for people to use your platform if usage does not make you more money?
Pilot Fish
08/31/2019 05:34 pm
Bing do the same... but wait a minute! DDG use the Bing Search API.... WTF?
Sid Kind
09/04/2019 03:37 pm
I wouldn't believe google for one reason. They are extreme liberals and liberals are extremely untruthful and unethical. I have yet to see one that I think has any ethical conscience. Therefore, Danny Sullivan's comments mean zero to me.
granville
10/01/2019 03:56 pm
....you are so right about that. I'm retired now, but I remember when google started. Now I'd put google and fb in a handbasket.... they're extortionists.
Star wars for life!
11/18/2019 10:44 pm
What world are you living in?
Star wars for life!
11/18/2019 10:59 pm
they Don't i work there bro
Star wars for life!
11/18/2019 11:00 pm
i work there, i take huge offence to that...
Star wars for life!
11/18/2019 11:55 pm
DuckDuckGo is complete and utter shit