Get rewards for clicking on ads The world of digital advertising is changing. We are all ever more aware of how intrusive online advertising is. The era of surveillance capitalism has made us all products, as much as–or even more than—the stuff that is advertised to us. And many of us are getting so tired […]
Click-to-Earn Privacy Ads. What are they and how do the work? Introduction For complete instructions, go here. Through a partnership with Invoke Networks (invoke.network) Plumb is proud to announce the launch of Click-to-Earn (CTE) Privacy Ads on Plumb.one. This is a new type of digital ad. These ads: Enable you to earn money (rewards) for […]
How to use Click-to-Earn Privacy Ads For a brief overview, go here These are ads that pay rewards for clicking and keep your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) secret. Only an anonymous hash and the data you approve is shared with our advertisers and publishers (our network partners). We are providing these ads through our partnership […]
Control of information is a tool of tyranny Today, internet citizens around the world are beginning to unite to remind Google, and the other internet monopolies, that their services are not the only options. Globally, people are realizing that it’s time to break the monopolies–at least somewhat, which is why we launched a new search […]
The Breach of Trust at Duck Is the “internet privacy” company actually private? Do you think your data is secure when you use DuckDuckGo’s apps? If you answer “yes” then it’s time to start questioning that assumption. According to TechRadar and security researcher Zach Edwards, DDG leaks tracking data to Microsoft, their search partner. It […]
A simple, pragmatic explanation of trust on blockchains. This is #2 in Plumb’s About web3 series. As Plumb is moving over to a web3-oriented product line, we are being asked by many people to offer simple explanations of web3–what it is, how it works, and what’s different. Our first article, Web3 Curious? Plumb’s Pragmatic Approach, […]
About web3, a simple and practical introduction For anyone paying any attention at all to Things Happening on the Web these days, it’s impossible to miss all the conversation, claims, hype, and general todo over web3. Also known as the decentralized web. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to save the world […]
After so many years, why can’t we get it right? SERP is an acronym for Search Engine Results Page. When you search for something, the resulting list of links shown is known as a SERP, and there is a lot of jockeying done to get placed high on those pages. Search Today As all of […]
It is vital now. How it happens matters. About search from the notebook of Adam Gordon, CEO, Plumb.one. The web and digital tech today The web is at least 5.7 billion pages already and, depending on who you ask, every day there are more; between 25,000 and 721,000. About 56 million pages. Give or take. Much of […]
THIS IS HOW WE MAKE IT DIFFERENT How Big Is Search? It seems an amazing claim, and it’s true: search is the largest market in the history of the world. Let’s look at large numbers for a moment. Any given day these days Big Search is serving up around 7.5 billion searches per day (see […]
Do we really need a new search engine? A simple answer: We hear that question a lot, and it’s not new. It’s been asked of Google, Yahoo and of just about everyone who’s ever made a search engine since CERN and Tim Berners Lee (pre-1993). Yes, we do, is our answer. Things have changed, things […]
Your Privacy Matters Because It Impacts Your Future Anyone who tells you they can keep you completely private on the internet is lying to you. It really is that simple. They probably have something to sell you. I run a search engine and I can see first hand just what is delivered to my servers. […]
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