It has two main sources of income

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In an era of hacking scandals and increasing regulation, DuckDuckGo stands out from other search engines. It doesn't track or store your searches, and it doesn't collect or share your personal information.

As the company states in its privacy policy , "It's kind of creepy that people on search engines can overseas chinese database see all this information about you, but that's not the main concern. The main concern is if they either a) release it to the public or b) share it with law enforcement."

Essentially, every search on DuckDuckGo is completely anonymous and private.

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DuckDuckGo makes money by serving ads from the Yahoo-Bing Search Alliance network and by receiving affiliate commissions from eBay and Amazon.

4. It still has a small market share.