Spreading FUD about tracking search terms etc didn't seem to help DDG last time. I doubt this will have any effect either.
DDG: If you want to grow, don't keep attacking the big search engines with FUD that only a miniscule % of people care about.
DDG: If you want to grow, don't keep attacking the big search engines with FUD that only a miniscule % of people care about.
Searches per day in Feb average = 197,687
Searches per day in May average = 205,759
FUD certainly won't grow DDG out of the extreme niche it's in.
It's even more significant when you look at where it was a year ago. 1.2 million in April 2010, 5.9 million in April 2011, 6.3 last month, and already 3.8 a little over halfway through this month. This is significant when you consider the lack of marketing and that DDG is run by one person.