N.A. Ferrell on Nostr: Many "alternative" search tools such as DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Qwant, and Swisscows rely ...

Many "alternative" search tools such as DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Qwant, and Swisscows rely either fully or in part on Bing's search index. I explored some of the downstream effects of the Bing dependencies in a 2022 article (and experienced them first-hand when my site was de-indexed by Bing for much of 2023).

https://thenewleafjournal.com/importance-of-bing-indexing-for-alt-search/

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