DuckDuckGo Traffic

Post by arminiusreturns » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 4:48 PM UTC

Kiro wrote: post #137

arminiusreturns wrote: post #108

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This is an oft repeated misconception, their results come from multiple sources. (ddg user since ~2013, and there were times when they did heavily favor yandex or bing usually, but these days the sources are much more varied, and they also have their own crawler called duckbot I think)

https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so... Sounds to me that the 400 sources and their own crawler are used for Instant Answers, while all their "traditional links" come from Bing and Verizon.

Post by reaperducer » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:00 PM UTC

elwell wrote: post #221

larschdk wrote: post #94

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For me, the killer feature is DDG's solid keyboard navigation of search results. Google's never worked properly and they eventually removed it.

I use Vimium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...

Post by psim1 » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

larschdk wrote: post #94

teeray wrote: post #14

Bang commands[0] really sealed DDG for me. I know Firefox had install-your-own search plugins forever, but the total lack of friction of typing “!yt badgerbadgerbadger” to get specifically YouTube results was fantastic. !g (search on Google) also makes it far easier to switch. Don’t like the results? Prefix !g and try again. My other favorites: !sr [name of subreddit] - much faster than “reddit.com/r/[name]” !r - Red…

For me, the killer feature is DDG's solid keyboard navigation of search results. Google's never worked properly and they eventually removed it.

Post by coryfklein » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

sdrothrock wrote: post #19

teeray wrote: post #14

Bang commands[0] really sealed DDG for me. I know Firefox had install-your-own search plugins forever, but the total lack of friction of typing “!yt badgerbadgerbadger” to get specifically YouTube results was fantastic. !g (search on Google) also makes it far easier to switch. Don’t like the results? Prefix !g and try again. My other favorites: !sr [name of subreddit] - much faster than “reddit.com/r/[name]” !r - Red…

This is an offshoot discussion and I have nothing against DDG or bang commands -- just presenting another side of convenient searches. > I know Firefox had install-your-own search plugins forever, but the total lack of friction of typing “!yt badgerbadgerbadger” to get specifically YouTube results was fantastic. I find "use your own search" to be much less friction than going through DDG since it takes me right to re…

Post by mda » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:22 PM UTC

IndexPointer wrote: post #180

frank2 wrote: post #155

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Microsoft could decide to terminate their access to Bing APIs at any time resulting in DDG’s immediately losing most of their users. DDG does not have their own crawler or index.

I don't know why they would, though. They get paid and it doesn't steal traffic from them. Unless Bing releases its own anonymous mode and DDG becomes a competitor. Then they could charge more or force DDG to display "powered by Bing" in the logo. That would be the end of DDG.