To get on the leaderboard, spread URLs like this (replacing yegg): http://duckduckgo.com/?t=yegg
Some great things people have done to spread DDG:
- Shared it within online communities/forums.
- Posted about it on blogs/social networks/profiles.
- Set it as the default search engine on computers.
- Linked to DDG in email/forum signatures.
- Told people about it when out & about.
- Mentioned it in blog & news article comments.
- Introduced me to people that may help spread DDG.
- Put stickers on laptop/car/helmet & high traffic areas.
Also, there are t-shirts at the DDG store. - Added a search box to other sites.
- Joined the duck.co community.
Here are some materials you can use:
- Logo (horizontal) [big]
- Logo (vertical) [big]
- Logo (icon) [big]
- Flyer (PDF)
- Search box code (from our homepage):
<iframe src="http://duckduckgo.com/search.html" style="overflow:hidden;margin:0;padding:0;width:550px;height:60px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>
If you want to change the width and add the duck, change the src to http://duckduckgo.com/search.html?width=300&duck=yes
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I really appreciate your help. Of course, if you need any help or have any ideas, please let me know.
Great news articles about DuckDuckGo:
ThisWeekIn: This Week in Startups #72 (2010.08.27)
TWIT: net@night #164 (2010.08.18)
SFGate.com: Privacy worries inspire a new wave of startups (2010.06.01)
MIT TechReview: Privacy-Protecting Search Engine Challenges Google (2010.05.25)
lifehacker: DuckDuckGo is a Search Engine for Keyboard Ninjas (2010.05.24)
Techcrunch: If Cuil Was Cool, Cuiler Is Cooler, And Cuilest Is The Coolest (2010.03.24)
ReadWriteWeb Skip Google, and Try These Search Engines (2009.04.30)
FastCompany: Skip Google, and Try These Search Engines (2009.04.14)
Great blog posts about DuckDuckGo:
• DuckDuckGo: A New Search Engine Built from Open Source (Ostatic, 2010.07.10)
• List of Most Useful Duck Duck Go !Bangs (@anphicle, 2010.07.07)
• Duck Duck Go - My new search engine (@fseek, 2010.05.22)
• A tale of two search engines (Antonio Cangiano, 2010.04.12)
• DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine (@pswam, 2010.04.02)