Gabriel is taking on a challenge that extends beyond Google's reach, the filter bubble. Luckily he's been able to implement several human curation strategies to make a better search engine based on reliable search results. On the flip side, Google has been fostering a limiting perspective on the world's information due to their personal relevance algorithms which drive more ad clicks.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
+1 for changing the URL color. I'd prefer it directly under the title as well. And maybe find a way to emphasize the important parts of the URL, cut out the random numbers.
Thx -- we cut stuff out of the URL now, though perhaps could cut out more. Note you can change the color in the settings: http://duckduckgo.com/settings.html We've also experimented with moving it around (including where you suggest).
Don't give me so many options when you can, with a little research, make the right decisions for me! :)
(the N % that do not agree with you can probably perform some magic to bend the site to their liking)
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#33I was always impressed with the speed of response by the ddg team. I'd report an issue, and within minutes (sometimes seconds) I'd have a reply from the ddg team. Broken queries were fixed in days, sometimes hours.
I can support this. Even trivialities like a (slightly) miss-categorized !bang got fixed in hours.
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#34So what's the plan for making money with DDG?
Acqusition.
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#35I tried switching to DDG, but found that I was really missing Google's date range filter. Especially for troubleshooting searches where you can get results that are relevant to the search terms but have obsolete old content, I almost always hit "past year" or even "past month". I know about the sort by date feature in DDG, but I really want date as a filter on the whole result set, with a sort by relevance within the…
Weirdly, I want a time filter, but to block recent results and promote results older than X years.
I can think of the example, but there was something with few results for (about) 12 years ago (and those were the ones I wanted) but millions for this year. (And I didn't want those.)
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#36I go to "goodies" and "zero click info sources". I see this line:-
Language SE - quint in quintessential
So I clicky the link, but it appears to have nothing to do with Stack Exchange. Some of the others work - Numote Big Bang Schedule has a nice box at top of the search results.
ALSO: Do you have a printable cheat sheet for all the bang syntax and extras? A4, mono, please!
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#37I go to "goodies" and "zero click info sources". I see this line:- Language SE - quint in quintessential So I clicky the link, but it appears to have nothing to do with Stack Exchange. Some of the others work - Numote Big Bang Schedule has a nice box at top of the search results. ALSO: Do you have a printable cheat sheet for all the bang syntax and extras? A4, mono, please!
At the top I see a blurb from the English Language StackExchange linking to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2/where-does-the-... - is that not coming up for you?
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#38I go to "goodies" and "zero click info sources". I see this line:- Language SE - quint in quintessential So I clicky the link, but it appears to have nothing to do with Stack Exchange. Some of the others work - Numote Big Bang Schedule has a nice box at top of the search results. ALSO: Do you have a printable cheat sheet for all the bang syntax and extras? A4, mono, please!
At the top I see a blurb from the English Language StackExchange linking to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2/where-does-the-... - is that not coming up for you?
Nope :-(
I get this: ---
Did you mean quintin quintessential?
Welcome to Quintessential Filter Tips Ltd. Quintessential Tips Ltd. Makers and Purveyors of Fine Quality Environmentally Conscious Smoking Products. quintessentialtips.com
Quintessential | Define Quintessential at Dictionary.com adjective . 1. of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen. 2. of or pertaining to the most perfect embodiment of something: the quintessential performance of the Brandenburg Concertos. dictionary.reference.com/browse/quintessential More results
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#39I go to "goodies" and "zero click info sources". I see this line:- Language SE - quint in quintessential So I clicky the link, but it appears to have nothing to do with Stack Exchange. Some of the others work - Numote Big Bang Schedule has a nice box at top of the search results. ALSO: Do you have a printable cheat sheet for all the bang syntax and extras? A4, mono, please!
At the top I see a blurb from the English Language StackExchange linking to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2/where-does-the-... - is that not coming up for you?
Let me know what information you need and I'll send it to your feedback page. I might not be for a few hours though!
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
At the top I see a blurb from the English Language StackExchange linking to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2/where-does-the-... - is that not coming up for you?
Nope :-( I get this: --- Did you mean quintin quintessential? Welcome to Quintessential Filter Tips Ltd. Quintessential Tips Ltd. Makers and Purveyors of Fine Quality Environmentally Conscious Smoking Products. quintessentialtips.com Quintessential | Define Quintessential at Dictionary.com adjective . 1. of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen. 2. of or pertaining to the…
Weird - would you mind sending a screen shot to help@duckduckgo.com?