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4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by comechao »

vph wrote: post #64

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.

Yes, we can compare. Doesn't matter if Google is old and DDG is young. It does not change the fact that people have a need for good privacy terms and in this case, privacy is THE feature that DDG is offering.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by antidoh »

One of my favorite things about DDG is the bang, and my absolute favorite bang (when I use one) is !g. Because the URL for the resulting page is just the search, without all the cruft.

  !g googol
  https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=googol

  direct via google:
  http://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=6&gs_id=36&xhr=t&q=googol&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=googol&aq=0&aqi=h1g-s1g2g-s1&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=aa8b317ec80710f&biw=1036&bih=663
Whenever I want to send a google search to someone, I do it via DDG. Although I usually send DDG searches, to help promote DDG.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by antidoh »

cemerick wrote: post #10
bob_kelso wrote: post #7

I tried DDG for little more than a week about a year a go and it made me realize how much I use the search suggestion feature in Chrome. The lack of that feature using DDG really annoyed me. Often I don't know the exact spelling of the thing I'm looking for or the best way to phrase my question (English being my third language), and the suggestions I get in chrome just by typing a few letters in the address bar is re…

You might like: http://ddgg.nfriedly.com/ Adds in a browser search engine option that targets duckduckgo, but uses google for autocomplete/suggestions.

Just installed it. Works well.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by aiscott »

coderdude wrote: post #61
waterlesscloud wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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) - Diffi…

As I recall, google wasn't happy with people using the term as a verb for search.

Also, I assumed the name was a play on the children's game: Duck Duck Goose.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by Teapot »

SpaceDragon wrote: post #32
SeanDav wrote: post #2

I find Googles' invasion of privacy a big turn off. I have long since stopped using Facebook for exactly this reason. I am not quite at the point with Google where I say I don't trust them, unlike Facebook. I regularly check out DuckDuckGo but its search results are not quite there yet for me, in comparison to Google. At this stage the gap is narrowing, both as a result of my increasing concerns over the invasion of…

Google's invasion of privacy will only get worse, as it becomes increasingly difficult to get off their teat. "Do no evil" will soon become a rediculously bitter irony. Just wait.

New user motto, 'Use no evil.'

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by Teapot »

coderdude wrote: post #61
waterlesscloud wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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) - Diffi…

+ But it's easy to remember though.

+ Longer names are more visible.

(i was shocked that MS didnt take the name Microsoft Live Bing Home-Professional DotNET UltraGold Edition)

First time i used google i was thinking they misspelled goggles.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by handzhiev »

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".

It's easy to say google however. Yahoo and Bing are easy too. Compare this to spelling "duckduckgo" especially for non-English speakers.

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by sleepyhead »

perigrin wrote: post #55
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've just taken to telling people that "I asked a duck."

"Just duck it"

Re: 4 Weeks with DuckDuckGo

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Post by boyter »

xpose2000 wrote: post #24

Search quality is more important than privacy, and Google is better at most of my searches. Also, Google crawls and index's new content within 1-3 minutes. DDG takes 10+ minutes.

I have to ask, what sort of things are you searching for that you require it to be indexed in 3 minutes?

The only thing i can think of is news which i generally get via twitter links these days.

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