In the wake of the release of NSA (National Security Administration) reports that the government office is using Google and other Internet data to spy on American citizens, news sources such as DailyTech.com are speculating that Google is working on a way to block cookies from Chrome and mobile operating system Android while still giving their […] Author information Kelsey Jones Search & Social Consultant at MoxieDot. Kelsey Jones helps clients around the world grow their social media, content, and search marketing presence. She enjoys writing and consuming all kinds of content, both in digital and tattered paperback form.
In the past month, Google quietly made a change aimed at encrypting all search activity — except for clicks on ads. Google says this has been done to provide “extra protection” for searchers, and the company may be aiming to block NSA spying activity
Look out, Google! Duck Duck Go is on the rise, posting a 50% traffic increase in just eight days. Is this proof people want a “private” search engine, in the wake of allegations the PRISM program allows the US government to read search data with unfettered access? Nope
Another week, another traffic record in the alternative search engine space. DuckDuckGo (DDG) tweeted this morning about its latest milestone: more than three million direct searches in a single day