Firefox users can install DuckDuckGo’s Firefox Extension which bundles the search engine, tracker blocker and encryption enforcer into one. You can visit the site to use its search engine just like you would go to Google’s site. You can utilize DuckDuckGo in three different ways. Google: An In-Depth Search Engine Comparison. For detailed information about how DuckDuckGo works, see Search Engine Journal’s DuckDuckGo vs. Maybe you are just tired of adding to Google’s knowledge about you every day so Google can sell that information to advertisers to target you. You may not want bizarre-themed ads served up to you via social media for the next six months. But suppose a client is involved with something you find bizarre that you need to research.

This is not to say Google will sell your search queries to opposing counsel. Not tracking your IP address is important for your personal privacy.Įvery lawyer should be aware of DuckDuckGo as an alternative to Google where more privacy and confidentiality of searching is desired. Promising to not store your search history is huge in a time when most anything you do online might result in targeted advertisements coming your way later.

“Our privacy policy is simple: we don’t collect or share any of your personal information,” the website’s homepage states. But its claim to fame is protection of your privacy. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that is much less well-known.

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