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0 pointschris_f6y ago0 comments

I believe DDG used other solutions pre-Bing...

DDG used the Yahoo Boss API [0] originally. It was pretty good, but Yahoo shut it down and Bing now also powers their search engine.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Search_BOSS

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takeda6y ago· 2 in thread

Wasn't Yahoo! Bing powered at that time? :)

chris_fOP6y ago

DDG launched in 2008, and according to the below, the deal between Yahoo and Microsoft didn't happen until 2009 at the earliest.

In July 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search. All Yahoo! Search global customers and partners made the transition by early 2012. The deal was altered in 2015, meaning Yahoo! was only required to use Bing for a "majority" of searches.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=4325491

skinnymuch6y ago

That’s not clear if DDG’s US and European results were using Bing or not in late 2009.

I know for sure people have said DDG is better over time. I can’t imagine it was very good in 2008 or 2009.

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