The 50 Best Websites of 2011

Post by ordinary » Wed, Aug 17, 2011, 6:40 AM UTC

dragonquest wrote: post #7

dangrossman wrote: post #5

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140 million sites didn't make the list. [1] 1: http://news.netcraft.com/

And what's more, a site which for the most part remained a one-man show taking on one of the most difficult to penetrate markets and actually suceeding in surviving, getting noticed and loved. If that's not an achievement, I don't know what is.

Post by ordinary » Wed, Aug 17, 2011, 6:42 AM UTC

Auguste wrote: post #21

dotcoma wrote: post #18

How many of you are using it as your default search engine? I am. I don't think it's as good as Google, but I think it's good enough, some things are useful, like the quick links, and at least the user interface is cleaner, there is no stupid auto-complete etc.

I've been using it as my default search engine for a couple of months now, and it's been great. The only thing I find myself missing from Google is image search. What really makes DuckDuckGo so great is the bang syntax. Searching for '!foo bar' will automatically redirect you to another search engine for your search (e.g. '!cpan mechanize'). Here are a few I use frequently: !google - Google !images - Google Images !c…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 17, 2011, 6:46 AM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #10

neuromage wrote: post #4

So did 49 other sites.

What you're seeing is pride that one of us is doing well. yegg, the founder, has been on HN from the beginning. We've watching him single-handedly go up against Google. He's helped a bunch of us in private. We're rooting for him and we're glad to see him get recognized.

Post by rtrunck » Wed, Aug 17, 2011, 6:58 AM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #15

rtrunck wrote: post #9

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You're obviously getting downvoted, so I probably will too, but I have to somewhat agree. But more specifically, why duckduckgo? Are they better than the other 49? Why is this submission rated number 1 on hn? I really don't get it.... One of 50 on a list? I work at one of the other 49, and didn't feel the need to submit when the list came out many many hours ago.... So, I guess I agree with the sentiment you express.…

I can see from your comment that you honestly don't understand why DDG is the #1 post on HN right now, so I'll answer it honestly. You don't say which company you work for in this comment. You don't use your real name in your HN profile. You're not giving us a way to connect and root for you. If you were more open. If you openly talked about your company and taught us what you learned, you'd give us a way to feel con…

Post by masklinn » Wed, Aug 17, 2011, 7:02 AM UTC

dotcoma wrote: post #18

How many of you are using it as your default search engine? I am. I don't think it's as good as Google, but I think it's good enough, some things are useful, like the quick links, and at least the user interface is cleaner, there is no stupid auto-complete etc.