I was floored to hear my Uncle tell my mother to download the DDG app because it's the best search engine.
DuckDuckGo Direct queries per day (28 day average)
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#72I have to admit I was skeptical about DDG chances but hard work and being in right place at the right time with privacy has given it the success it deserves. (and it's written in perl of all things) ps. bonus points for deleting eHow from results
I didn't realise they had deleted ehow, is this actually true? Isn't that a bad thing for neutrality? Where do you draw the line?
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#73Is there any reason to switch if you don't really care about privacy? For me DDG is just a skin on top of the Bing search index with a silly name. Why would I use it?
To get out of your search "bubble". This explains it pretty well: http://dontbubble.us/
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
huh. ok, can someone explain the name, please? i think it must be specific to some (american?) culture.
I am American, and I have no idea of what Duck Duck Go means. Possibly an inside joke? I personally think the name is a limiting factor, and they would be better off with something else (DDG?).
"Duck Duck Goose" is a children's game, in which one player touches the others, each in turn, saying "duck" each time, (duck, duck, duck.... ) then saying "goose!" upon tagging someone "it". So that selection process might reflect looking at search engine results and selecting the right one.
I also think there's a double entendre here, in that to "duck" (i.e. to hunch down for cover) relates to privacy. Duck (privacy invasion), duck (more tracking attempts), then go (to your intended destination).
So: pick from a few choices till you find the goose (that laid the golden egg -- but I digress), then go. And keep your head down while you're doing it. I love it.
Final note: an acquaintance of mine recently worked at Google as a project manager. I first learned about DDG from him about 18 months ago. I got the strong impression, even then, that he (and others at Google) were concerned that DDG might take off.
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#75I have to admit I was skeptical about DDG chances but hard work and being in right place at the right time with privacy has given it the success it deserves. (and it's written in perl of all things) ps. bonus points for deleting eHow from results
I didn't realise they had deleted ehow, is this actually true? Isn't that a bad thing for neutrality? Where do you draw the line?
eHow themselves were bad for neutrality, as it was poor quality link-bait. It's too qualitative to describe the line, but the widespread disdain for eHow is a good requirement for the future.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, it's just a redirect to Google with your query filled in for the appropriate query string argument. If you want to use Google privately, use Start Page ( http://startpage.com ) or Ixquick ( http://ixquick.com ).
The query from ddg to startpage is !sp and to Ixquick is !ix
welp, time to switch to DDG full-time. Thanks!
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#77If the NSA is recording search requests from the wire, does it matter which search engine you use?
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#78I have to admit I was skeptical about DDG chances but hard work and being in right place at the right time with privacy has given it the success it deserves. (and it's written in perl of all things) ps. bonus points for deleting eHow from results
First, I am sure your comment about language selection was personal. Facebook in large part stands on PHP; does that mean PHP is better than perl?
Second, I am not sure about their future. It looks like its a temporary spark after all the omg-goverment-tracks-my-searches paranoia.
The fact is, if the large organisations such as Google or Microsoft could not admit on the record to participation in PRISM, what makes you think Duck will? Further, if PRISM is real and if large organisations such as Google or Microsoft could not say "no", what makes you think Duck will have an option for a different fate? Lastly, if there is no trucking by gov of your searches, then there is not much different in using Google versus Duck for someone who has been using Google for years and just temporarily switched to Duck.
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#79If the NSA is recording search requests from the wire, does it matter which search engine you use? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6021008
If the connection between you and DDG is over SSL, what does it matter that they've scraped your encrypted packets?
Re: DuckDuckGo Direct queries per day (28 day average)
#80If the NSA is recording search requests from the wire, does it matter which search engine you use? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6021008