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by voicereason 4720 days ago
Traffic is easy. Profit is harder - especially if you make it clear from the outset that you're anti-advertising (See Reddit).

Whilst the growth is fun to watch, it's still only 37 direct queries a second, which is nothing.

Also, I know it's been mentioned a million times before, but the name is an artificial ceiling to growth. A large % of people have no clue what duck duck goose is. A large % of people see the name as amateur, childish and stupid.

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You are right about that...but years ago I had a service which shall remain nameless that got 10 million hits a month just by removing the tracking links on Google search results.

I didnt make a dime, but I did get calls from spooky people out of the blue who wouldnt identify themselves asking questions.

I admire anyone who pursues this goal, and yet I will never go there again.

I truly wish you would elaborate ;)