SEARCH : DuckDuckGo
I am a Google user, almost every time. I am going to have to get more creative than that though, since we are supposed to come up with original websites of our favorite web category examples that are NOT mentioned in our class video.
Have you heard of DuckDuckGo? Its claim to fame is privacy for the people. It is an alternative search engine that allows you to look for whatever you want, without gathering and keeping records of all your personal information. This means you don’t get ‘tailored to you’ suggestions, or mind reading like you do with Google. Everyone is equal on DuckDuckGo and would get the same results when searching for the same things. Interestingly, they make money much like other search engines, with affiliate advertising. Rather than selling your information to advertisers based on what you had for lunch (hopefully not duck liver pâté), DuckDuckGo primarily sells ads to businesses interested in bidding on keyword based advertising. Also, ducks are awesome. I have 6 of them, and they provide endless comedy.