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DuckDuckGo included in Opera

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Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#31

DuckDuckGo needs to change their name, imo. Secondly, they need to reduce the number of links you have to click through to get to a site you are looking for. The disambiguation step takes too long.

Yeah, a company that's just starting to build brand awareness should really just up and change their name. Brilliant.

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#32

They should consider Blekko, too. I've found some very relevant results on it, like if I was looking for a review of a laptop or something like that.

I've had good success with Blekko. Not crazy about the slash syntax, but it certainly seems to work for me.

Btw, I'm a fan on DDG. It's slick and fun to use (although I still habitually go to Google still). Bad habit to break!

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#34
post #31

DuckDuckGo needs to change their name, imo. Secondly, they need to reduce the number of links you have to click through to get to a site you are looking for. The disambiguation step takes too long.

Yeah, a company that's just starting to build brand awareness should really just up and change their name. Brilliant.

Well, it sucks. Better to fix something that sucks early on.

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#35
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, a company that's just starting to build brand awareness should really just up and change their name. Brilliant.

Well, it sucks. Better to fix something that sucks early on.

At least DuckDuckGo is a memorable and easy to spell name. Most sites these days have such odd spelling or nonsense words that you must spell out the name (and dots) when talking to other people.

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#37

While this is certainly an impressive feat, I've not found myself impressed with DuckDuckGo's results. I love the principles of having search results be free of personal information but, for a search provider that essentially collects and organizes other search engine's results, I always find myself back at Google. Often times the result I wanted was as many as 4 or 5 pages back, whereas with Google it's usually in t…

Thank you for giving it a try! We're always trying to improve and to the extent you remember any specific examples we'd love to review them: http://duckduckgo.com/feedback.html

I prefer DDG for general search, but google was too good at digging up obscure code errors. I end up spending more time looking for errors than general stuff (which I guess means I'm a terrible programmer), so grudgingly switched back to the googs.

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#38

Can you shed any light on the deal terms? That search box is a major source of revenue for browsers. Did you undercut the other search engines? I know it's sensitive business information but any information you can provide would be great.

Sorry, I cannot comment on the terms.

I'm not commenting on your deal specifically, but NDA-protected deals in general: let's say, 50 or 100 years from now, historians want to know all the details of various deals made between companies, to better understand the nature of the market in which we now exist. Is there any way for them to find out, or will these details be forever lost?

Re: DuckDuckGo included in Opera

#39

Not just "included", but according to the linked post, Opera now uses DuckDuckGo as the default search engine. That sounds like a major win for them.

Not quite - "is now in the default search engine list". It's still an incredible achievement. :-)

Thanks for the clarification.
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