DuckDuckGo has become the search engine of choice. Again I agree that HN is the type of audience that will skew the results, but personally I have DDG a more than capable search engine.
Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
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Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#22I use StartPage as my primary. If I don't see results I want, I'll fall back to encrypted Google. If you're looking for more alternative search engines, PrivacyTools.io is what got me onto StartPage
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#23!DuckDuckGo, switched from Google in 2013. In beginning I was !g a lot but now never. What I prefer is the straight-forward results, same results for everybody, instant answers, etc. And the fact they open source a lot (looked to contribute but ugh. failed, even i like Perl)
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#24Google.
Results are far more relevant than DDG or Bing.
And I trust Google more than Microsoft to keep my data secure.
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#25Bing because google is evil.
Bing or DDG for me
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#26Does anyone know how searx gets around the Google captchas that trigger after too many searches at once (or by using a shared VPN). IP Rotation maybe?
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#27I use StartPage as my primary. If I don't see results I want, I'll fall back to encrypted Google. If you're looking for more alternative search engines, PrivacyTools.io is what got me onto StartPage
Sorry the 'encrypted' qualification for Google gave me a slight smile since G uses this 'private' information more than anyone else would.
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#28Google on PC, DDG on the phone.
I use an extension on Firefox to be able to view images directly and reverse search images on Google Images since they removed that feature.
None of those extensions worked for Firefox Android, so I've just made DDG my main search engine there.
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#29Google. Results are far more relevant than DDG or Bing. And I trust Google more than Microsoft to keep my data secure.
Do you mean by intent, competence or both?
Re: Ask HN: Which search engine do you use, and why?
#30DuckDuckGo, because it gives me the answers I seek (if I'm not satisfied, I'll throw in a !g, but the efficacy of that has declined over the past years, as DDG has improved). The one exception is Google Scholar, which is still unmatched.
Google scholar is indeed amazingly useful, but oddly enough for me DDG is what makes it easy to use. I have no clue how to get the scholar results from the google page. If I'm honest I don't even know how to access google scholar without using DDG, although I imagine I could probably figure it out if it ever became necessary.