New on the list in 2018 it drops down 4 places in 2019
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn’t track you. Seamlessly take control of your personal information, no matter where the Internet takes you.
Website: duckduckgo.com
Cost: Free
Availability: Online
Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 88
Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: –
Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: –
Past Overall Rankings
2018: 159 2017: – 2016: – 2015: – 2014: – 2013: –
2012: – 2011: – 2010: – 2009: – 2008: – 2007: –
Comments from some of those who selected DuckDuckGo as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2019
- “DuckDuckGo: I’ve largely replaced Google for search, but search (and Wikipedia) are powerful learning opportunities.” Clark Quinn https://blog.learnlets.com/2019/08/top-10-learning-tools-for-2019/
Previous comments
- “a search engine is my first recourse when I have questions. And not liking the tracking, I’ve switched and made DDG my default.” Clark Quinn, 2018
Guides & Resources
- DuckDuckGo: what is it and how does it work? Wired, 1 February 2017
- Why Should I Use DuckDuckGo Instead of Google? Spread Privacy, 1 January 2017
- Going over to the duck side: a week using DuckDuckGo, Search Engine Watch, 1 March 2016
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