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Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by qwerty456127 »

garyrichardson wrote: post #8

I've tried really hard to not use google for search. But DDG is bad. I have it set as my default search. I find myself either: 1) trying duck duck go and then immediately re-searching in google to actually get relevant answers. 2) skipping the search bar and going immediately to google when I know DDG just isn't going to work. Feels like back in the olden days when you had to try Altavista, Lycos and Yahoo to find wh…

Try Runnaroo. In many cases it's results are better than of anything else, including Google.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by mikkom »

garyrichardson wrote: post #8

I've tried really hard to not use google for search. But DDG is bad. I have it set as my default search. I find myself either: 1) trying duck duck go and then immediately re-searching in google to actually get relevant answers. 2) skipping the search bar and going immediately to google when I know DDG just isn't going to work. Feels like back in the olden days when you had to try Altavista, Lycos and Yahoo to find wh…

Duckduckgo id basically anonymized bing.

I'm a little bit surprised that http://startpage.com isn't on the list, it's anonymized google in the same way ddg is anonymized bing.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by cryptbe »

mackrevinack wrote: post #117
cryptbe wrote: post #97

If you want to keep using Google services, here are some Google Alternatives Alternatives: 1/ Google Search, YouTube, Maps: visit https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols to turn on auto-deletion or turn off search history, location history or YouTube watch history. This page also allows you to turn off ads personalization. There are many security and privacy controls on https://myaccount.google.com/ , turn the…

is location history really turned off or do they keep profiling you but just dont show you? there is no way to know since its all closed source

It really is turned off. Companies like Google get huge fines when they break their promise -- even accidentally.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by amelius »

piyush_soni wrote: post #113
amelius wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, imho DDG really needs a button at the bottom of their first search results page that redirects you to the equivalent Google search. This feature would make me switch to DDG. (I tried DDG, but got tired from typing "!g")

They can't expose such a feature, at least until they're sure that their results are better than Google's in most cases (otherwise it'll be like shooting themselves on the foot). Besides, a userscript that does what you want could be written very easily I guess.

> They can't expose such a feature, at least until they're sure that their results are better than Google's in most cases (otherwise it'll be like shooting themselves on the foot).

Perhaps, but here I am: a potential DDG user who is instead using Google because of this missing feature.

They could of course put a nice privacy warning next to the Google button. Or they could label it "!g" to avoid using Google's name.

> Besides, a userscript that does what you want could be written very easily I guess.

I thought of making a "!g" bookmarklet, but I wouldn't know how to deploy it on mobile (Firefox).

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by bmn__ »

phendrenad2 wrote: post #85
garyrichardson wrote: post #8

I've tried really hard to not use google for search. But DDG is bad. I have it set as my default search. I find myself either: 1) trying duck duck go and then immediately re-searching in google to actually get relevant answers. 2) skipping the search bar and going immediately to google when I know DDG just isn't going to work. Feels like back in the olden days when you had to try Altavista, Lycos and Yahoo to find wh…

We've done this song and dance 1000 times: Someone says "DDG is bad" or "DDG is good" and all of the replies are basically "No, DDG is ". Let's try something new: Let's give examples. I'll go first: Let's say I have a nebulous recollection that there is a wifi module with "NRF" in the model number. If I search for `nrf wifi` on both Google and DDG, which do you think provides better results? Let's look at the top URL…

You found what you're looking for on the first page and on the first try for both. IMO that's a resounding success.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by 639d9435a17 »

rlv-dan wrote: post #59
garyrichardson wrote: post #8

I've tried really hard to not use google for search. But DDG is bad. I have it set as my default search. I find myself either: 1) trying duck duck go and then immediately re-searching in google to actually get relevant answers. 2) skipping the search bar and going immediately to google when I know DDG just isn't going to work. Feels like back in the olden days when you had to try Altavista, Lycos and Yahoo to find wh…

After using DDG for years, I sometimes try Google when DDG does not seem to deliver. Every time I am disgusted by the sheer amount of crap it shows me. Videos, shopping, news etc. I'll take DDGs clean result list over that any time! (And usually, Google has the same results as DDG anyway)

I made the exact same experience. Sometimes when I can't get satisfying results I try to use google, but in most cases the results are even worse. Googles search results just don't make any sense to me by now.

There is one feature that google has which I can't find a good alternative for: Reverse search of images. Hands down, that's a good one, Google.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by cycomanic »

DenverCode wrote: post #105
rlv-dan wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After using DDG for years, I sometimes try Google when DDG does not seem to deliver. Every time I am disgusted by the sheer amount of crap it shows me. Videos, shopping, news etc. I'll take DDGs clean result list over that any time! (And usually, Google has the same results as DDG anyway)

I've been very pleased with https://www.runnaroo.com .

Yes I really like it as well. The only thing is their image search which doesn't really give me anything useful, so I still resort to google for that.

Re: Google Alternatives

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Post by GoblinSlayer »

kennywinker wrote: post #21
garyrichardson wrote: post #8

I've tried really hard to not use google for search. But DDG is bad. I have it set as my default search. I find myself either: 1) trying duck duck go and then immediately re-searching in google to actually get relevant answers. 2) skipping the search bar and going immediately to google when I know DDG just isn't going to work. Feels like back in the olden days when you had to try Altavista, Lycos and Yahoo to find wh…

I've fully switched to DDG. I still bounce over to google maybe 5-10% of the time, but to me that's a pretty big win. 90-95% of the time I avoid being tracked by google at the cost of 5-10% of the time wasting a few seconds skimming results on ddg before jumping to google.

You can make a more specific query instead.
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