Re: Ubuntu, duckduckgo, and additional info

[Gabriel Weinberg <yegg () duckduckgo com>]

> Any particular reason when setting duckduckgo as the default search and searching from the url bar we get an 
> additional nugget of info sent?

We use the t=partner parameter to anonymously count the number of
searches for revenue sharing. We have 90+ partners doing this, mainly
open source browsers and distributions. Here's the relevant link on
launchpad for Canonical: 

https://code.launchpad.net/~caine/chromium-browser/duckduckgo/+merge/182416

-- 
Gabriel, http://ye.gg/

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