Reading up on DuckDuckGo
4 deep · digging since feb 20
- DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
DuckDuckGo saw a 28% increase in visits after Google promoted its AI mode, sparking polarized reactions on Hacker News.
- Apparently Google hates us now
HN commenters argue that Google's services have degraded due to enshittification, driving users to alternatives like Kagi, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo.
- I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project
An open-source project maintainer loses search-engine ranking to a copycat .net site, and HN commenters debate SEO fixes, trademark strategies, and the broader decay of Google search quality.
- DuckDuckGo rolls out AI-powered image editing on Duck.ai - 9to5Mac
DuckDuckGo adds free, private AI image editing to Duck.ai, using OpenAI models while stripping user metadata and storing uploads locally.