Ask HN: What happened to DuckDuckGo? 27 points by cryptography 8y ago ↗ HN No results found across range of queries. DId they nuke their database?
[–] teeray 8y ago ↗ Appears to be down as of this writing. All queries return no results, though autocomplete appears unaffected. No messaging on Twitter yet.Is anyone aware of a status page?Update: It's apparently a network outage: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1017095240581308417 [–] css 8y ago ↗ Looks like it's back: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1017101120597045249
[–] [dead] indigogo-com 8y ago ↗ In console, they have some weird javascript error -"Uncaught TypeError: e.data.substr is not a function at post (post2.html:11)"
[–] eindiran 8y ago ↗ I am able to run searches currently - all queries I have tried have returned results as expected. Perhaps the network outage is over.
[–] jolmg 8y ago ↗ > DId they nuke their database?As I understand it, they don't crawl the web and manage their own database of websites. They use Yahoo! for all their searches. [–] dredmorbius 8y ago ↗ Bing, Blekko, and others.https://duck.co/forum/comment/27893 [–] josefresco 8y ago ↗ Information about DDG's sources: https://duck.co/help/results/sourcesTLDR; Bing, Yahoo! and Yandex [–] sp332 8y ago ↗ They do have their own database. They have multiple sources, and they maintain their own spam lists. [–] jolmg 8y ago ↗ Is there any reason for the downvotes on my post and the people who replied? I don't think being wrong means my post or its replies are inappropriate. [–] [dead] kapauldo 8y ago ↗ Overly sensitive hall monitors looking for a fix.
[–] josefresco 8y ago ↗ Information about DDG's sources: https://duck.co/help/results/sourcesTLDR; Bing, Yahoo! and Yandex
[–] sp332 8y ago ↗ They do have their own database. They have multiple sources, and they maintain their own spam lists.
[–] jolmg 8y ago ↗ Is there any reason for the downvotes on my post and the people who replied? I don't think being wrong means my post or its replies are inappropriate. [–] [dead] kapauldo 8y ago ↗ Overly sensitive hall monitors looking for a fix.
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[ 1.9 ms ] story [ 44.5 ms ] threadIs anyone aware of a status page?
Update: It's apparently a network outage: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1017095240581308417
"Uncaught TypeError: e.data.substr is not a function at post (post2.html:11)"
As I understand it, they don't crawl the web and manage their own database of websites. They use Yahoo! for all their searches.
https://duck.co/forum/comment/27893
TLDR; Bing, Yahoo! and Yandex