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DuckDuckGo
American software company and Web search engine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the search engine. For the children's game, see Duck, duck, goose.
DuckDuckGo is an American software company that offers a number of products intended to help people protect their online privacy.[5] The flagship product is a search engine that has been praised by privacy advocates.[6][7] Subsequent products include extensions for all major web browsers[8] and a custom DuckDuckGo web browser.[9]
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Type of site | Search engine |
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Available in | Multilingual |
Headquarters | 20 Paoli Pike, Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Duck Duck Go, Inc.[1] |
Founder(s) | Gabriel Weinberg |
CEO | Gabriel Weinberg |
Key people | Steve Fishcher (CBO) |
URL | duckduckgo |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | None |
Launched | September 25, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-25)[2] |
Current status | Active |
Written in | Perl,[3] JavaScript, Python[4] |
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Headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania, DuckDuckGo is a privately held company with about 200 employees.[10] The company's name is a reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.[11][12]