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As of January 2018, a page from [[ISGP]] was the #8 hit on DuckDuckGo for the search term "Dutroux Affair".<ref>http://archive.is/jef5X</ref> Several other search engines such as [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/YvvFI</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/yQpNg</ref>, [[Yandex]]<ref>http://archive.is/TJpue</ref> and [[Gigablast]]<ref>http://archive.is/Q9lEF</ref> also included it in their top 10. By contrast, neither [[Google]] not [[StartPage]] returned any hits from the [[ISGP]] site in the top 100. | As of January 2018, a page from [[ISGP]] was the #8 hit on DuckDuckGo for the search term "Dutroux Affair".<ref>http://archive.is/jef5X</ref> Several other search engines such as [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/YvvFI</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/yQpNg</ref>, [[Yandex]]<ref>http://archive.is/TJpue</ref> and [[Gigablast]]<ref>http://archive.is/Q9lEF</ref> also included it in their top 10. By contrast, neither [[Google]] not [[StartPage]] returned any hits from the [[ISGP]] site in the top 100. | ||
===7th floor group=== | ===7th floor group=== | ||
| − | [[Wikispooks]] was #30 hit for the search term "<font face=courier>[[7th floor group]]</font>" at DuckDuckGo, which listed it at #30,<ref>http://archive.is/UWZiZ</ref> in January 2018. This is an interesting contrast with [[Ask.com]]<ref>http://archive.is/SerFN</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/B0PPM</ref>, [[Ecosia]],<ref>http://archive.is/KXewb</ref> [[Google]]<ref>http://archive.is/e0KEk</ref>, [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/dyEeK</ref> and [[Yahoo]])<ref>http://archive.is/X3cRY</ref>. | + | [[Wikispooks]] was #30 hit for the search term "<font face=courier>[[7th floor group]]</font>" at DuckDuckGo, which listed it at #30,<ref>http://archive.is/UWZiZ</ref> in January 2018. This is an interesting contrast with [[Ask.com]]<ref>http://archive.is/SerFN</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/B0PPM</ref>, [[Ecosia]],<ref>http://archive.is/KXewb</ref> [[Google]]<ref>http://archive.is/e0KEk</ref>, [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/dyEeK</ref> and [[Yahoo]])<ref>http://archive.is/X3cRY</ref>. This was apparently reversed<ref>http://archive.today/2021.03.15-214732/https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=7th+floor+group&ia=web 7th floor group</ref> in the [[2021]] for undisclosed reasons, placing [[Wikispooks]] over popular forums such as [[Reddit]] and a long discussion<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/7th_Floor_Group</ref> between [[Wikipedia]] editors declaring the article "not notable enough", Wikipedia "not being a newspaper" (although they a current events page<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events</ref>) and "a fringe theory" (the sources being, [[FBI]]'s own<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/17/fbi-releases-100-new-pages-on-clinton-email-probe.html</ref> documents reported by media such as [[CNBC]]), another eerie example of strange [[Wikipedia/Censorship|censorship]] on Wikipedia. |
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==Compromised by fact-checkers== | ==Compromised by fact-checkers== | ||
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Revision as of 22:48, 15 March 2021
| A search engine that claims not to track its users |
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https://duckduckgo.com 
Owners: Duck Duck Go, Inc.
Constitutes: search engine
DuckDuckGo is a search engine. It emphasises that it doesn't track users, but was exposed as tracking all the sites its users made from its Android app in 2020.[1] The CEO commented that "I want to be clear that we did not and have not collected any personal information here."[2]
Contents
Subject-specific De-ranking?
As of January 2018, a page from ISGP was the #8 hit on DuckDuckGo for the search term "Dutroux Affair".[3] Several other search engines such as Yahoo[4], Bing[5], Yandex[6] and Gigablast[7] also included it in their top 10. By contrast, neither Google not StartPage returned any hits from the ISGP site in the top 100.
7th floor group
Wikispooks was #30 hit for the search term "7th floor group" at DuckDuckGo, which listed it at #30,[8] in January 2018. This is an interesting contrast with Ask.com[9], Bing[10], Ecosia,[11] Google[12], Yahoo[13] and Yahoo)[14]. This was apparently reversed[15] in the 2021 for undisclosed reasons, placing Wikispooks over popular forums such as Reddit and a long discussion[16] between Wikipedia editors declaring the article "not notable enough", Wikipedia "not being a newspaper" (although they a current events page[17]) and "a fringe theory" (the sources being, FBI's own[18] documents reported by media such as CNBC), another eerie example of strange censorship on Wikipedia.
Compromised by fact-checkers
A June 2020 search for Wikispooks on Duckduckgo, gave Wikispooks as the first result, followed by a "fact checker". A search on the independent media Off-Guardian gave a fact checker as first result, followed by an article from Off-Guardian. This would imply that either significant resources have been spent on influencing the search results, or that the management of DuckDuckgo has been pressured or taken over.
References
- ↑ https://www.techworm.net/2020/07/duckduckgo-browser-track-website.html
- ↑ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23711597
- ↑ http://archive.is/jef5X
- ↑ http://archive.is/YvvFI
- ↑ http://archive.is/yQpNg
- ↑ http://archive.is/TJpue
- ↑ http://archive.is/Q9lEF
- ↑ http://archive.is/UWZiZ
- ↑ http://archive.is/SerFN
- ↑ http://archive.is/B0PPM
- ↑ http://archive.is/KXewb
- ↑ http://archive.is/e0KEk
- ↑ http://archive.is/dyEeK
- ↑ http://archive.is/X3cRY
- ↑ http://archive.today/2021.03.15-214732/https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=7th+floor+group&ia=web 7th floor group
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/7th_Floor_Group
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
- ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/17/fbi-releases-100-new-pages-on-clinton-email-probe.html
