I tried to find some info on the architecture of DDG, and found this article from 2013: [1]. It seems they used Solr at the time.
Is there anything more recent?
[1] http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/1/28/duckduckgo-archite...
DuckDuckGo vs Google
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Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google
#12Bing, Seznam, Yandex, Baidu.. there are many other search engines with surprisingly good results. Give it try.
I started using alternatives, for privacy, but also because they are often better. Google Maps can not even find near pharmacy in EU country.
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#13Recently switched over to DuckDuckGo on all my devices. Tried to do the same thing several years ago and found it didn't really work out, but this time around it is so much better, both when it comes to speed and results. If anyone has doubts because they tried it years ago, I'd say go for it again.
Out of interest: what is the reason/are the reasons that made you switch?
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#14Might be an interesting article, but that position:fixed footer with ongoing animations is just too atrocious.
Also suggesting you to accept their notifications upon landing on their page.
Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google
#15Recently switched over to DuckDuckGo on all my devices. Tried to do the same thing several years ago and found it didn't really work out, but this time around it is so much better, both when it comes to speed and results. If anyone has doubts because they tried it years ago, I'd say go for it again.
Out of interest: what is the reason/are the reasons that made you switch?
I started feeling like I had all my eggs in the same basket. Google has my email, it knows where I want to go and when (Google Maps), it translates stuff for me, and it knows what I search for. While it doesn't really affect me that Google has all this information, I've become more and more uncomfortable with the fact that they do.
So I figured if I had a choice of two search engines, where I get satisfying results in both of them, and one of them doesn't track me, why go for the one that tracks me?
I'd gladly do the same switch when it comes to Gmail, but I really really like Gmail's web interface, haven't gotten over that hurdle yet.
EDIT: I also switched from Google Chrome for pretty much the same reasons.
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#16Might be an interesting article, but that position:fixed footer with ongoing animations is just too atrocious.
Add this to your bookmark bar. Click on any such sites. It redirects to the outline.com page for the current article in the tab.
javascript:%20window.location%20=%20"http://outline.com/"%20+%20window.location
Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google
#17Might be an interesting article, but that position:fixed footer with ongoing animations is just too atrocious.
I felt the same way but the content seems worth it.
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#18I'm sure DDG works great if you're an American. As someone who has tried a region specific version of DDG though, I can say the results are downright terrible.
Some say the DDG bangs are a solution. What do I win by doing that? It only made me resort to !g all the time, because the results were so bad.
Now I use https://www.startpage.com/ with region set to Swedish. It's practically a proxy for Google search, so it gives me the right results but sans the filter bubble experience (yes, I want the regional bubble). If you're a non US user, I can recommend it.
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#19Might be an interesting article, but that position:fixed footer with ongoing animations is just too atrocious.
In case you already haven't, might wanna add the "Kill Sticky" bookmarklet: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
Bookmarklet works in Chrome on iOS. Edit bookmark and paste in javascript link.
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#20Might be an interesting article, but that position:fixed footer with ongoing animations is just too atrocious.
On mobile it asks for an email in a persistent footer that takes up 1/3 of the screen. When you type a fake email (there is no way to remove it) it brings up another footer asking if you would like to have such a footer on your own website ( also unremovable). Thank God for reader mode.
I burst out laughing, thinking they were trolling. But it's a real product.