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I'm so sick of these DDG stories. The truth is no one uses them, 99.9999% of people outside SV have never heard of them and currently there is no reason to switch to them.
It looks like a cheap knock-off of Google and doesn't give me the hit count for "Ubuntu" (or I missed it). Google gives me over 200 million, Bing over 44 million.
There, fixed that for you.
I switched back to Google after trying to search for maps and local results. One of the really important features that Google offers me is Google Maps. Not having that kills DuckDuckGo for me, even if their normal search results were to work just as well.
I believe the idea of integrating and presenting results from various specialized sources has a bright future in search, but DDG doesn't handle it very well right now. It might be in the future Google will leverage the same logic to improve its search experience. Google's "Knowledge graph" seems to me to be a step in that direction.
And when Google does it, chances are that it will outperform years of DDG's effort in mere weeks.
I tried setting my main search engine to DuckDuckGo once. I switched back to Google after trying to search for maps and local results. One of the really important features that Google offers me is Google Maps. Not having that kills DuckDuckGo for me, even if their normal search results were to work just as well.
I tried setting my main search engine to DuckDuckGo once. I switched back to Google after trying to search for maps and local results. One of the really important features that Google offers me is Google Maps. Not having that kills DuckDuckGo for me, even if their normal search results were to work just as well.
In areas where ddg isn't quite "there," they offer the !bang syntax.
!gm {query}or !gmaps {query} will redirect you to Google maps.
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I switched. For 80-90% of my queries it gets me to the same place as Google just as quickly, or more quickly in some cases. For the other 10-20% there's the !bang syntax, which also lets me search images and maps right from the Chrome address bar without ever hitting the mouse. Use the tools that make you most productive. For me, that's DDG. For you, maybe not. But I think "...there is no reason to switch to them" ju…
For 80-90% of my queries it gets me to the same place as Google just as quickly, or more quickly in some cases By quickly, do you mean in less time (search speed is more), or in fewer clicks (search quality is more / relevant links are above)?
I suspect we all tend to search for the same types of things over and over. Ruby developers search for Ruby docs and modules, stamp collectors search for auctions and information about stamps, etc.
So I fully understand that my experience won't be shared by everyone.
I'm so sick of these DDG stories. The truth is no one uses them, 99.9999% of people outside SV have never heard of them and currently there is no reason to switch to them.
Am I the only one that struggles with the name "DuckDuckGo?" The unprofessional name makes it really hard for me to want to use the service, even if it has nice targeted results that may be more relevant or higher quality than Google's. Maybe "unprofessional" is not the right adjective, but I can't find the right one. I have the same problem with "Bing" - the logo is just such an eyesore, and the marketing is so obno…
You know, there is a company called "Yahoo!" which did OK for a while.