Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#1

Post by jesuisuncaillou » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:14 AM UTC

I'm willing to stop using Google as my default search engine, and I would like to know what the HN community thinks about alternatives.

I'm currently hesitating between Qwant & DuckDuckGo, but feel free to advise another search engine if you like it better.

Thanks people ! :)

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#2

Post by kuratkull » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:22 AM UTC

DDG

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#3

Post by intertextuality » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:27 AM UTC

DDG: Due to privacy concerns and bang functionality. !a searches amazon, !yt for youtube, !w wikipedia, etc etc. If DDG's results are not satisfactory, you can easily type !g to do an encrypted google search. I see no real downside other than DDG being a bit slower than google sometimes.

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#4

Post by jesuisuncaillou » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:34 AM UTC

intertextuality wrote: post #3

DDG: Due to privacy concerns and bang functionality. !a searches amazon, !yt for youtube, !w wikipedia, etc etc. If DDG's results are not satisfactory, you can easily type !g to do an encrypted google search. I see no real downside other than DDG being a bit slower than google sometimes.

Ok, but why ?

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#5

Post by jesuisuncaillou » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:34 AM UTC

kuratkull wrote: post #2

DDG

Ok, but why ?

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#6

Post by intertextuality » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:38 AM UTC

jesuisuncaillou wrote: post #4

intertextuality wrote: post #3

DDG: Due to privacy concerns and bang functionality. !a searches amazon, !yt for youtube, !w wikipedia, etc etc. If DDG's results are not satisfactory, you can easily type !g to do an encrypted google search. I see no real downside other than DDG being a bit slower than google sometimes.

Ok, but why ?

Updated. Overall I find the functionality nice and there's no real downside.

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#7

Post by jesuisuncaillou » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 9:42 AM UTC

intertextuality wrote: post #6

jesuisuncaillou wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, but why ?

Updated. Overall I find the functionality nice and there's no real downside.

Thank you very much for explaining :)

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#8

Post by BananaShoes » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:08 AM UTC

Startpage. https://new.startpage.com

DDG gets all the publicity but, truth is, their search results are pretty poor. SP is Google Search anonymised. It also looks better.

DDG's shebangs are great though. I wish SP would copy them.

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#9

Post by wingi » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:22 AM UTC

jesuisuncaillou wrote: post #5

kuratkull wrote: post #2

DDG

Ok, but why ?

I switched 2 years ago to DDG and I am happy with the search results. Only 2 times I re-searched directly on google.

Reasons on switching was the common german privacy understanding to keep my search history private.

Re: Ask HN: Qwant or DuckDuckGo?

#10

Post by jesuisuncaillou » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:54 AM UTC

wingi wrote: post #9

jesuisuncaillou wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, but why ?

I switched 2 years ago to DDG and I am happy with the search results. Only 2 times I re-searched directly on google. Reasons on switching was the common german privacy understanding to keep my search history private.

Thanks for the details :)