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DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by Zhyl »

Duckduckgo has seen some pretty strong growth [0]. Given that this is merely an option (most people won't change from the default, or will pick Google out of familiarity), I'd be interested to see how much of an effect this will have on their numbers.

I think a secondary issue Duckduckgo and other competitors have to contend with is the idea that nothing other than Google is worth the time of day. I know every thread on HN has people queuing up to say how DDG results aren't as good as Google results (or to say how they switched a while ago and DDG is good enough for their needs), but from a user perspective we can see a much more level playing field in Google vs DDG et al (2020) as opposed to Google vs Altavista et al (1998).

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/traffic

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by microcolonel »

foolrush wrote: post #3

>"DuckDuckGo will soon be offered as an option for default search engine on Android devices across the EU." "[...] option for default [...]"

The word "default" is used a bit weirdly in Chrome. The "default search engines" are ones intended to provide search to the omni bar; as opposed to other search engines which Chrome just picks up passively when you browse the web (often these are suggested when you start typing).

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by ngold »

Zhyl wrote: post #2

Duckduckgo has seen some pretty strong growth [0]. Given that this is merely an option (most people won't change from the default, or will pick Google out of familiarity), I'd be interested to see how much of an effect this will have on their numbers. I think a secondary issue Duckduckgo and other competitors have to contend with is the idea that nothing other than Google is worth the time of day. I know every thread…

Duck duck go doesn't roll off the tongue as well as Google but it is my default search engine. The genuis thing they implemented was !g at the end of a search term. Now I can get two sources of search info for problems. Most things ddg is fine, but technical problems, you can't have enough options.

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by DoreenMichele »

ngold wrote: post #5
Zhyl wrote: post #2

Duckduckgo has seen some pretty strong growth [0]. Given that this is merely an option (most people won't change from the default, or will pick Google out of familiarity), I'd be interested to see how much of an effect this will have on their numbers. I think a secondary issue Duckduckgo and other competitors have to contend with is the idea that nothing other than Google is worth the time of day. I know every thread…

Duck duck go doesn't roll off the tongue as well as Google but it is my default search engine. The genuis thing they implemented was !g at the end of a search term. Now I can get two sources of search info for problems. Most things ddg is fine, but technical problems, you can't have enough options.

I'm still waiting to hear people argue over the correct pronunciation of DDG as the default way to refer to it.

Dee Dee Gee

Dudge

De-dog

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by StavrosK »

priitmaxx wrote: post #7

Same thing happened to Microsoft with browser selection. This does not really change anything. Google search results are just better.

It does change something: You can now choose Google, instead of having it foisted upon you as a default.

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by kick »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #6
ngold wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Duck duck go doesn't roll off the tongue as well as Google but it is my default search engine. The genuis thing they implemented was !g at the end of a search term. Now I can get two sources of search info for problems. Most things ddg is fine, but technical problems, you can't have enough options.

I'm still waiting to hear people argue over the correct pronunciation of DDG as the default way to refer to it. Dee Dee Gee Dudge De-dog

I'm hoping that people start saying "duck it!" in place of "google it!" (Not going to capitalize google because it's practically genericized and them losing the trademark would make me happy.)

Re: DuckDuckGo Is Now a Default Search Engine Option on Android in the EU

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Post by therealmarv »

It's somehow funny to see that Bing search results are so successful when packaged with privacy in mind into DuckDuckGo. I don't like bing search results, especially for Europe. They are just bad for many local things. The only other search engine beside Google which is interesting and surprising for me is maybe Yandex. It's also not as good as Google in (most of) Europe but it's interesting to see that many things are not censored away in comparison to Bing and Google (political correctness, copyright, nsfw etc. etc.). I'm happy there is an alternative with different culture and jurisdiction.
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