I can't stand DDG because it doesn't have a verbatim mode; I end up having to wrap every word in quotes.
Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often
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#73Going one step further, I removed my websites from the Google index: https://lucb1e.com/?p=post&id=130 If you want to find my stuff, you now have to use DDG or some other search engine. Hopefully we can signal to Google that we are not okay with monopolistic behaviour (that's why I blocked them, not just for being the biggest or monopolist, but for also behaving like it -- see the blog post for details).
Doesn't this ultimately make the situation worse since now less people will see that page in the first place?
i.e. the only people that will (likely) see it are the ones that are already doing what you want.
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#74DDG is just a proxy for Bing. Yes, let's degoogle our lives, but why not start using a free/libre metasearch engine (like Searx[0]), while you're at it? [0]: https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/
Citation needed. They use Bing Ads, but I’m not sure if their actual search results are just proxied Bing results.
They are not exclusively Bing, but mostly. I think Wikipedia has the details.
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#75"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"
100% sure any Google alternative is going to be equally "morally bad" if not worse once it gets even 1% of Google's traffic.
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#76startpage.com Way better in search and privacy
startpage always pays google for search results, which is way better than me paying google for search results. I've basically set startpage for all my browsers for years, and it's always been a good time.
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#77I would but one of the biggest problems I have with it is how I can't look up info. in certain areas like Reddit which I use a lot because it only gives one link even if I include the word "reddit".
I just did a search for "switch reddit" and got at least 5 different subreddits. Maybe I misunderstood what you meant?
Also, while it makes you dependent on the reddit search, there's the "!r" search shortcut.
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#78The fact that Google tends to ignore half the query does make that choice easier.
DDG also ignores half the query, so that's a weird thing to say. At least Google has verbatim mode.
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#79I've been using DuckDuckGo for about a year now. I must admit, when doing research, I often g! the search as well to see what I'm missing out on, especially with images. I also don't know why they don't offer a year parameter for the advance time search. It's a pretty good engine nonetheless. I use wikipedia a lot, so w! proves useful.
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#80My biggest beef with ddg is that they do not localize my searches. If I search for "Ferry Schedule" for example, I want the nearest Ferry, not San Francisco. My tech related searches are probably fine on DDG, but my personal life searches (movies, transit, theatre, music, events.....) should all use the best available location information.