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Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by coderdude »

waterlesscloud wrote: post #48
ek wrote: post #36

I was discussing this with a colleague recently and I figured I'd mention it on HN the next time DuckDuckGo came up. I feel somewhat silly saying this, but DuckDuckGo is not that great of a name. I love the engine, and have gotten some great results from the few times I have used it, but I really, really wish it were not named DuckDuckGo. It seems tacky to me and it's hard to say. There's a support article that encou…

Name it something more professional like Google or Yahoo or Bing.

This same comment is often thrown up here in response to DDG's main criticism. Maybe it will work this time? Probably not because all of those names are better search engine names than DuckDuckGo.

I hope he just changes the name. No one will be upset by this move.

Here are my reasons for not liking the name:

- 3 is too many syllables (for a search engine name, which I think should roll off the tongue quickly)

- Difficult to use as a verb

- It sounds like a Japanese game show :)

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by mwill »

I tried using ddg as my default search in chrome but had to switch back pretty quickly, not because of search relevance, but because of speed. For me every ddg search takes roughly 2-5 seconds to show results, as opposed to Googles I tend to do many searches in quick succession, so it sort of breaks my train of thought.

I suspect this has more to do with my internet connection/location than ddg, but for now it still makes it frustrating to use day to day.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by Killswitch »

hammersend wrote: post #38
rapind wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to disagree with you there. Google may reach a point where I'm no longer comfortable sharing my information with them. If that happens then I'll be switching immediately. I don't think it's a foregone conclusion yet though.

I would expect that the more a search engine knows about me the more relevant my results will be. I have yet to see a compelling argument why that isn't the case. Since I use a search engine for the sole purpose of getting the result I'm looking for as quickly as possible, I am more than happy to make the trade off.

Finally, someone in the tech world who agrees with me... Is it really a bad thing that Google knows you like x product and shows you things related to it instead of completely irrelevant?

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by vph »

In terms of privacy, before you embrace DuckDuckGo as a "good guy" and Google as a "bad guy", please be aware of a more-or-less universal truth: you are a good guy, until you become big.

After all, Google's motto is "don't be evil". I think it's a bit naive to compare DuckDuckGo to Google at this point in time, where they have different statuses.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by jerom3 »

ek wrote: post #36

I was discussing this with a colleague recently and I figured I'd mention it on HN the next time DuckDuckGo came up. I feel somewhat silly saying this, but DuckDuckGo is not that great of a name. I love the engine, and have gotten some great results from the few times I have used it, but I really, really wish it were not named DuckDuckGo. It seems tacky to me and it's hard to say. There's a support article that encou…

I rather wished that DuckDuckGo embraced more of their whimsical side, and due to their name having 2 ducks, added a second duck to their branding scheme.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by mrschwabe »

"most site’s internal search engines suck, returning results that are somewhat hit or miss. "

If I want to find a movie, I type !imdb Avengers

If I want to find a recipe, I type !allrecipes pizza

If I want to play music right now I type !grooveshark AC-DC Thunderstruck

If you know where to look use bangs. If you think Google does a better job, there's a bang for that too type !g

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by res0nat0r »

mrschwabe wrote: post #66

"most site’s internal search engines suck, returning results that are somewhat hit or miss. " If I want to find a movie, I type !imdb Avengers If I want to find a recipe, I type !allrecipes pizza If I want to play music right now I type !grooveshark AC-DC Thunderstruck If you know where to look use bangs. If you think Google does a better job, there's a bang for that too type !g

I think all of those !bang searches above work just as efficiently as is (minus the bang of course) for me in Google. I'm not switching to some new search engine anytime soon.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by samirahmed »

zanny wrote: post #52
ek wrote: post #36

I was discussing this with a colleague recently and I figured I'd mention it on HN the next time DuckDuckGo came up. I feel somewhat silly saying this, but DuckDuckGo is not that great of a name. I love the engine, and have gotten some great results from the few times I have used it, but I really, really wish it were not named DuckDuckGo. It seems tacky to me and it's hard to say. There's a support article that encou…

Google is just misspelled 10^10. I don't see how that is "professional" more than google just built its brand out of thin air. I can definitely give credit to Google for inventing the word though. So few people try making companies without their names having some second meaning besides "my company".

10^100 I believe

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by Anirak »

Legion wrote: post #46
yuriyg wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google has provided this for years with the "site:" feature (e.g. search for "lists site:python.org"). In addition, Google uses its own results, since as the article correctly mentions "most site’s internal search engines suck".

> Google has provided this for years with the "site:" feature Which is something completely different, and is also something present in DuckDuckGo.

How does it differ? I don't really get it.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by goggles99 »

mrschwabe wrote: post #66

"most site’s internal search engines suck, returning results that are somewhat hit or miss. " If I want to find a movie, I type !imdb Avengers If I want to find a recipe, I type !allrecipes pizza If I want to play music right now I type !grooveshark AC-DC Thunderstruck If you know where to look use bangs. If you think Google does a better job, there's a bang for that too type !g

Bangs? is that like using "site" in Google?

Using Google:

If I want to find a movie, I type site:imdb.com Avengers

If I want to find a recipe, I type site:allrecipes.com pizza

If I want to play music right now I type site:grooveshark.com AC-DC Thunderstruck

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