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August 18, 2014, 06:44:27 PM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
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August 18, 2014, 07:09:56 PM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
DDG is Google's biggest competitor, however they remain very small. Since DDG doesn't track you, supposedly, and lots of people want more privacy after Snowden's revelations, there is a huge potential for users. A lot of Bitcoin users also like privacy, and so DDG's tools allow for them to provide better information than what Google would, until Google repsonds by adding in their own tools to equal what DDG is going. Google will always want to be as good and better as it's competitors, so expect them to do things like this. A lot about business is less about creativity and more about pseudo-copying your competitors.
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MegaHustlr
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August 18, 2014, 07:41:52 PM |
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Google works if I put in a public key, it shows me the blockchain.info site with the address!
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findftp (OP)
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August 18, 2014, 07:43:40 PM |
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Google works if I put in a public key, it shows me the blockchain.info site with the address!
Yes, that is what I just said in my post. Thanks for confirming, now I know for sure the NSA was not playing games with me.
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wasserman99
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August 19, 2014, 12:47:19 AM |
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If your public key is posted on your profile it will also give your bitcointalk profile link as a search result. Google is always expanding the amount of information it can provide it's users and will likely continue to do so.
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bounst
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August 19, 2014, 04:19:06 AM |
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couldnit believe ![Shocked](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
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darkota
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August 19, 2014, 04:22:31 AM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
DDG is Google's biggest competitor, however they remain very small. Since DDG doesn't track you, supposedly, and lots of people want more privacy after Snowden's revelations, there is a huge potential for users. A lot of Bitcoin users also like privacy, and so DDG's tools allow for them to provide better information than what Google would, until Google repsonds by adding in their own tools to equal what DDG is going. Google will always want to be as good and better as it's competitors, so expect them to do things like this. A lot about business is less about creativity and more about pseudo-copying your competitors. DuckDuckGo as Google's biggest competitor? Are you Joking....? DuckDuckGo has to be the Stupidest name I've ever heard.
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August 19, 2014, 06:59:15 AM |
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I had not even heard of DuckDuckGo. Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
I doubt Google sees DDG as much of a competitor, or really cares if DDG implements a feature before them.
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Gleb Gamow
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August 19, 2014, 08:08:39 AM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
DDG is Google's biggest competitor, however they remain very small. Since DDG doesn't track you, supposedly, and lots of people want more privacy after Snowden's revelations, there is a huge potential for users. A lot of Bitcoin users also like privacy, and so DDG's tools allow for them to provide better information than what Google would, until Google repsonds by adding in their own tools to equal what DDG is going. Google will always want to be as good and better as it's competitors, so expect them to do things like this. A lot about business is less about creativity and more about pseudo-copying your competitors. DuckDuckGo as Google's biggest competitor? Are you Joking....? DuckDuckGo has to be the Stupidest name I've ever heard. Originally, DuckDuckGo was QuackQuackWent. ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) <Good news, this domain is available>
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August 19, 2014, 01:58:35 PM |
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you can google a public key for moths or even years. as long as it is posted on the internet somewhere it will show up as blockchain and etc. an unpublished key that has not been indexed somewhere public will not show up even though it has a blockchain record.
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Yakamoto
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August 19, 2014, 02:05:30 PM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
DDG is Google's biggest competitor, however they remain very small. Since DDG doesn't track you, supposedly, and lots of people want more privacy after Snowden's revelations, there is a huge potential for users. A lot of Bitcoin users also like privacy, and so DDG's tools allow for them to provide better information than what Google would, until Google repsonds by adding in their own tools to equal what DDG is going. Google will always want to be as good and better as it's competitors, so expect them to do things like this. A lot about business is less about creativity and more about pseudo-copying your competitors. DuckDuckGo as Google's biggest competitor? Are you Joking....? DuckDuckGo has to be the Stupidest name I've ever heard. Yes, smaller than 1% of Google's "power", but they're the next best search engine. In my opinion, DDG > Yahoo/Bing, since Yahoo and Bing just blatantly copy Google, and often they do it poorly. DDG nearly mimicks Google perfectly, with accurate searches and in the time period I'm looking for. They also don't track you, which is nice. So DDG is Google's biggest competitor that actually brings something new to the game, as opposed to just copying Google.
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LetsMakeItBTC
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August 19, 2014, 02:24:57 PM |
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What is a public key? im new ![Embarrassed](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif)
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RodeoX
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August 19, 2014, 04:57:49 PM |
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DuckDuckGoGo is my default search. They are not a better search engine, but they are less of a threat to my privacy.
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August 19, 2014, 05:21:00 PM |
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DuckDuckGoGo is my default search. They are not a better search engine, but they are less of a threat to my privacy.
A trend that more and more people are moving towards. Good to see.
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August 19, 2014, 05:56:35 PM |
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Just noticed that google also gives result on searching for a public key. Last week they did not.
Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers (I was about to make DuckDuckGo my default searchengine)
Google is not showing balance yet, but I think that's just a matter of time.
Google has been showing the address since the start of bitcoin. DDG does have a nice feature though.. Balance, sent, received and a barcode.
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jjc326
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August 19, 2014, 06:17:01 PM |
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I've been hearing a lot about duck duck go, that's funny then there's a thread on here about it. I guess I'll check it out, I don't like the idea that google stores all my searching terms, that's a total invasion of privacy.
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StevenS
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August 19, 2014, 07:39:44 PM |
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Probably because DuckDuckGo implemented this feature and google did not want to lose the first movers
I'm not so sure. I think Google just happened to index blockchain sites, which have all public keys that ever had a balance.
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August 19, 2014, 07:41:29 PM |
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I dont see anything strange in my google when I paste a public address.
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DKMathias
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August 19, 2014, 08:28:09 PM |
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I dont really care if im using this search engine or googles
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