DuckDuckGo.com Makes Times 50 Best Websites of 2011 List

Relatively new search engine, DuckDuckGo.com (which we discussed in this earlier post) made Time’s list of the 50 Best Websites of 2011.  Time described them…

Some of the largest companies on the Web have attempted to compete with Google and failed. DuckDuckGo, on the other hand, is about as small as a company can be — it has one full-time employee — and has come up with one of the most appealing Google alternatives to date. It doesn’t involve e-mail, maps, real-time results or social networking. It’s just a simple, straightforward search engine that’s reminiscent of early Google, with a no-nonsense privacy policy (it will not store any information that could tie you to your searches). Best of all, the results are dependably relevant and devoid of spam.

While DuckDuckGo.com isn’t even a blip on Google and Bing’s radars, they have gained some notoriety due privacy policy issues with the other search engines and the recent discussion about the potential dangers of personalization.

We’ll have to keep an eye out to see how DuckDuckGo.com grows from here.

What do you think?

Have you tried DuckDuckGo?

Do you prefer privacy or personalization?