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This 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”.
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Also, rather than saying “Google it” maybe we can now say “Duck it”.
Suggested title of blog post announcing change: "Duck Yeah!"
"I was ducking around and found a few good resources for fixing the OSPF problem."
Don't fall for it duckduckgo! If you change your name to duck, your name will no longer be searchable! It's a trap!
Why did google own duck.com? Edit: lol
DDG 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.
To be honest I've never noticed the filter bubble everybody is talking about with Google. They can infer a lot from context, like city or previous searches, however that's primarily helping users, because coming up with precise search queries is not something that normal people can do and even power users like us fail at it. I have been using DuckDuckGo because I'm making health related queries and I'm pretty scared…
DDG feels like it gives me the same search results every time. Typically they are more helpful than google would have been early on but less helpful than googles were later on.
This is entirely anecdotal... Anyone else experience something similar?
Don't fall for it duckduckgo! If you change your name to duck, your name will no longer be searchable! It's a trap!
When I ask Google for "duck", duckduckgo is literally the first hit. My experience may be biased, because I am from Germany, but outside of English speaking countries, they should do just fine.