DuckDuckGo Search Traffic Spikes

Google's I/O keynote spurred much discussion, though perhaps not entirely in the way the company hoped. During its I/O event, Google unveiled a reworked search experience packed with generative AI, replacing standard autocomplete with AI-driven suggestions, adding conversational follow-up questions, and connecting search results to Gmail and Google Photos through a feature called Personal Intelligence.

The update also introduces autonomous Search Agents that can handle tasks on someone’s behalf. Google is clearly going all-in on AI, but many users want nothing to do with it, and as a result they are heading to DuckDuckGo as an AI-free search alternative.

DuckDuckGo says traffic to its No AI search page more than tripled in the days following Google's announcement, and it's still climbing. Daily visits to the page have been about 84% above normal since the May 19 keynote.

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