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Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by 0x4a42 »

Freak_NL wrote: post #121
benbenhu wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And don't forget to use the bangs that can allow you to check other engines results fast if you need. For people afraid of getting off google, you can always search something like '!g my-search', it works the same for youtube(!yt), google image(!gi), or even hackernews(!hn) And of course the best bang is the 'I am feeling lucky' one (!), i.e.: 'hackernews !'

!ud → Urban Dictionary (what do you mean, she's 'office cute'?) !wen → Wikipedia English !w.. → Wikipedia (two letter language code, e.g., 'nl') !wikt Wiktionary So many useful bangs.

Some might be less useful tho, try:

!ddg google

Or if you are feeling lucky:

!!ddg google

:)

edit: typo

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by ishtu »

r0fl wrote: post #239
ishtu wrote: post #225

Use search engine[1] that respects[2] your privacy [1] https://www.ixquick.eu/ [2] https://www.ixquick.eu/eng/privacy-policy.html#hmb

The results are terrible. I tried a simple search for a large Porsche dealership which is down the street from my house and it did not even come up in the top 5 results. Would be a great search engine if it was the year 2001.

Well, for such use cases Google is a better tool indeed. I personally know my neighborhood and never google what is down the street. And if I need dealership I will try to find it on car maker website which is easy to look up even using search engines from 2001.

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by Freak_NL »

fenwick67 wrote: post #362
Freak_NL wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

!ud → Urban Dictionary (what do you mean, she's 'office cute'?) !wen → Wikipedia English !w.. → Wikipedia (two letter language code, e.g., 'nl') !wikt Wiktionary So many useful bangs.

Just a plain !w gives me English Wikipedia. Usually if I need a certain engine I just guess the bang and it's usually supported and correct. !gm for google maps, !tineye for tineye, !wayback for the wayback machine...

They are pretty predictable. I just tried !osm madagascar on a whim, and it opens OpenStreetMap, as expected.

Setting DuckDuckGo as the search engine for your browser's address bar means all these bangs work right there whenever you open a new tab.

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by appleiigs »

Kluny wrote: post #337

What's with this person's writing style? I've never seen so many literary tics in one place. "In short", 14 usages. Almost every sentence starts with a prepositional phrase like "In fact...", "Yet...", "However..." Confusing sentence structure like "How would have the net looked like?" It's so irritating to read.

E-book writer... should explain his style. Here's a TLDR summary:

- Google huge, DDG tiny.

- Gabriel Weinberg serial startups all failed until he sold one for $10MM, which allowed him to do and focus on DDG.

- Privacy a big deal these days and DDG markets towards that.

- DDG makes money from keyword advertising and affiliate revenue.

- You too can profit from something!

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by artem_dev »

RUG3Y wrote: post #344
Lifesnoozer wrote: post #3

Recently 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.

Same here. Two years ago DDG just wasn't cutting it. Today, I'm just fine with it. I especially like how programming questions usually provide a top result from Stack Overflow, a lot of times I don't even need to click the link to see the answer I'm looking for.

Actually Google provides the top programming answers from SO, Quora etc places. DDG just uses this.

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by makapuf »

striking wrote: post #275
a_dev_1234 wrote: post #268

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I'm tired of people mentioning !g. If you want to use google, just use google. Stop using duck duck go just to search google, and then say "but duck duck go is better" lo. no it isn't. clearly.

It's a way to wean yourself off of Google or quickly see results from a different perspective. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just an easy way out for people who don't trust ddg just yet.

That and its a Good way To help ddg (recording used search queries) and getting google results

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by turc1656 »

grimgrin wrote: post #348

Those who use DDG, do you miss dates in results? Having a date present definitely helps me think about the results: https://www.google.com/search?q=dcss+branch+order https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dcss+branch+order This isn't a case where I _know_ I only want 2017 results, and so I do the syntax to filter it down automatically. I want all results, but I want to be aware of the timeline of whatever I'm going to click. But…

I care primarily when what I am searching for is news/political. It is helpful to know the date an article was published prior to clicking.

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by 482794793792894 »

jasonkostempski wrote: post #383
grimgrin wrote: post #348

Those who use DDG, do you miss dates in results? Having a date present definitely helps me think about the results: https://www.google.com/search?q=dcss+branch+order https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dcss+branch+order This isn't a case where I _know_ I only want 2017 results, and so I do the syntax to filter it down automatically. I want all results, but I want to be aware of the timeline of whatever I'm going to click. But…

The only thing I miss is the "Past Year" option. I find it really important for filtering out programming stuff that's too old. "Past Month" is too short. I can't understand why it's not there. I've sent the suggestion several times.

It's because they get results from so many different sources. Many of those sources just don't keep time records or don't offer it through the API that DuckDuckGo interacts with.

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by jnmandal »

Kluny wrote: post #337

What's with this person's writing style? I've never seen so many literary tics in one place. "In short", 14 usages. Almost every sentence starts with a prepositional phrase like "In fact...", "Yet...", "However..." Confusing sentence structure like "How would have the net looked like?" It's so irritating to read.

He also used the word "Solopreneur"

Re: DuckDuckGo vs Google

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Post by endisukaj »

daxorid wrote: post #396
endisukaj wrote: post #53

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You think Bing, Yandex, and especially Baidu are better for your privacy than Google?

With regard to Yandex and Baidu: there's the notion of threat proximity. Google is a US company, beholden to US laws. If you reside in the United States, you also reside in the jurisdiction of state actors with the capability to get at you . If Putin himself showed up to Yandex HQ and demanded a full data dump of every search you made, he is still incapable of touching you , whereas J. Random Agent at the FBI can thr…

Has anyone ever been sent to jail in the U.S. because of their (innocuous) searches?
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