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In terms of names it's the GoDaddy of search engines.
I didn't understand that.
There's just something about "Daddy" in a company name I can't get over.
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#202This is cool and I hope it leads to a rebranding. While I like DDG a lot, the name has always felt off-putting to me. I'd much rather say "I'll just search Google" than "I'll just search DuckDuckGo." Does an extra syllable really cause that much additional friction?
Also, rather than saying “Google it” maybe we can now say “Duck it”.
I’ll Duck Hunt it
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#203DDG is great - have been using it for months and I really enjoy the results. Google searches seem to be more of an echo chamber whereas DDG results seem to be more representative across a broad spectrum of sites.
I agree. I switched to DDG years ago, and brought several people with me. I never have any problems finding what I need.
I’m as de-Googled as I can be. I caught a lot of slack (?) from some people over it. But it’s a relief for me.
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#204I wish everyone used DDG for the sake of privacy, but I cannot. It just doesn't give me answers that I am expecting. It reads my mind less than Google and that's a problem.
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#205DDG is great - have been using it for months and I really enjoy the results. Google searches seem to be more of an echo chamber whereas DDG results seem to be more representative across a broad spectrum of sites.
I agree. I switched to DDG years ago, and brought several people with me. I never have any problems finding what I need. I’m as de-Googled as I can be. I caught a lot of slack (?) from some people over it. But it’s a relief for me.
*flack
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#206I wish everyone used DDG for the sake of privacy, but I cannot. It just doesn't give me answers that I am expecting. It reads my mind less than Google and that's a problem.
To offer an alternate experience, I use DDG for nearly everything and have for many months. I have very few issues with it. For the more esoteric searches, I do find Google to be slightly better, but for 99% of my everyday browsing, I have zero issues with DDG.
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#207DDG is great - have been using it for months and I really enjoy the results. Google searches seem to be more of an echo chamber whereas DDG results seem to be more representative across a broad spectrum of sites.
I agree. I switched to DDG years ago, and brought several people with me. I never have any problems finding what I need. I’m as de-Googled as I can be. I caught a lot of slack (?) from some people over it. But it’s a relief for me.
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#208I wish everyone used DDG for the sake of privacy, but I cannot. It just doesn't give me answers that I am expecting. It reads my mind less than Google and that's a problem.
I have found that DDG often gives me better answers than Google does. I attribute it to DDG not trying to read my mind, but the query string.
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#209DDG is great - have been using it for months and I really enjoy the results. Google searches seem to be more of an echo chamber whereas DDG results seem to be more representative across a broad spectrum of sites.
I agree. I switched to DDG years ago, and brought several people with me. I never have any problems finding what I need. I’m as de-Googled as I can be. I caught a lot of slack (?) from some people over it. But it’s a relief for me.
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I love DuckDuckGo and use it on all my devices, but, WOW what a horrible name/branding. What were they thinking? Every time I mention/recommend it to someone the response is always a blank stare followed by something along the lines of “I would never use that if only to avoid that horrible name / brand URL”. And I can’t say I blame them.
What is a "Google"? It's not even a word. It caught on though.
Its from googolplex, the name of a very large integer that is equal to 1 followed by 10100 zeroes