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Search Preference Menus

A collection of 13 posts

Search Preference Menus

New Search Engine Market Share Data from Cloudflare and Wikipedia

Two new sources of search engine market share data from Cloudflare and Wikipedia use more accurate methodology.

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4 min read
Search Preference Menus

10 Principles for Fair Choice Screens and Effective Switching Mechanisms

Choice screens and effective switching mechanisms are crucial tools that empower users and enable competition in the search engine and browser markets.

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3 min read
Opinion

Search Engines Should be Able to Guide Consumers to Search Preference Menus

Consumers deserve a competitive search market where the search engines they want are actually “just one click away.”

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3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Open Letter to European Commission: Request for Trilateral Meeting among Google, the EC, and Alternative Search Engines to Improve Search Preference Menu

We're calling for a trilateral meeting among Google, the European Commission, and alternative search engines to address the many flaws in Google's preference menu for Android phones in the EU.

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1 min read
Opinion

Dear Google: We Agree Search Competition Should Be "Only 1 Click Away" – So Why Is It 15+ on Android?

Google claims search competition is “only one click away.” So why does it take fifteen+ clicks to make DuckDuckGo Search or any other alternative the default on Android devices?

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2 min read
Privacy Research

As Predicted, Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo

Google's search preference menu auction, as we predicted, has resulted in DuckDuckGo being eliminated, making it harder for people to get simple privacy.

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3 min read
Privacy Research

Google Search Mobile Market Share Likely to Drop Around 20% through Search Preference Menus

How to increase competition in the search engine market? Our new research shows that 24% of people in the US, 24% in the UK & 17% in Australia would choose a non-Google search engine when given the chance to express their preference on their mobile phones.

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3 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: Google Auction Ignores Screen Size and Scrolling

New data showing that restricting the number of search engine options in search preference menus is unnecessary and harmful to competition.

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4 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: No Auctions Please

As Google’s search preference menu for Android goes live in the EU, sadly search options are decided by a Google-designed pay-to-play auction, prioritizing their profits over your choices. Here's why the auction model should be thrown out.

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6 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: Improving Choice With Design

Google’s search preference menu for the European Union is designed in a way that undercuts the very reason it was created, making it harder than necessary for people to choose a non-Google search engine alternative. We propose user-tested design improvements.

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4 min read
Privacy Research

Search Preference Menu Immediately Increases Google Competitors’ Market Share by 300-800%

Could a search engine preference menu significantly increase competition in the search market? We conducted research to find out.

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6 min read
Translations

Comme prévu, le mécanisme d’enchères de Google élimine DuckDuckGo

Le résultat des enchères du 4e trimestre 2020 sur le menu de préférence de Google pour les moteurs de recherche a été publié. Comme nous l’avions prédit (voir notre article précédent, en anglais), DuckDuckGo a été éliminé dans la plupart des pays.

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4 min read
Translations

Wie zu erwarten war, eliminiert Googles Suchmaschinen-Auswahlmenü DuckDuckGo

Die Resultate von Googles Auktion zum Suchmaschinen-Auswahlmenü für Q4 2020 sind veröffentlicht und, wie durch uns vorhergesagt, wurde DuckDuckGo in den meisten Ländern eliminiert.

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3 min read
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