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Is DDG engaging in some sort of grassroots campaign to make sure they get a link on HN at least a few times a month? I get it. DDG is out there. They're an alte

by blueben 16y ago

Is DDG engaging in some sort of grassroots campaign to make sure they get a link on HN at least a few times a month? I get it. DDG is out there. They're an alternative to Google. Great. How about some articles with merit rather than yet-another-link to the search engine front page and a bunch of people gushing about it?

tsally 16y ago
In order to be qualified to make these sorts of comments, you either need to either (A) submit high quality links or (B) create something front-page worthy. Your last submission (out of a total of 3) was 59 days ago. And I don't see any links to projects in your profile. So pretty much all you're doing here is being negative; you're not taking any action to correct this quality "problem" that you perceive. DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl. And it's pretty good too. I personally don't mind if it gets some time on the front page, even if just for the discussion.
- Terretta 16y ago
  > DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl. DDG FAQ: Q. How do you get your results? A. From many sources, including DuckDuckBot, crowd-sourced sites, BOSS & Bing. E.g., see http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ ... BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index. BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is a truly open API with as few rules and limitations as possible. With BOSS, developers and start-ups now have the technology and infrastructure to build next generation search solutions that can compete head-to-head with the principals in the search industry.
epi0Bauqu 16y ago
Nope. I didn't make this and I didn't know the person who did. Nor did I submit it.
- blueben 16y ago
  Take pride in the fact that people love your work so much that they will spam their friends to share it. :)

by blueben 16y ago

tsally 16y ago

In order to be qualified to make these sorts of comments, you either need to either (A) submit high quality links or (B) create something front-page worthy. Your last submission (out of a total of 3) was 59 days ago. And I don't see any links to projects in your profile. So pretty much all you're doing here is being negative; you're not taking any action to correct this quality "problem" that you perceive. DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl. And it's pretty good too. I personally don't mind if it gets some time on the front page, even if just for the discussion.

Terretta 16y ago
> DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl. DDG FAQ: Q. How do you get your results? A. From many sources, including DuckDuckBot, crowd-sourced sites, BOSS & Bing. E.g., see http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ ... BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index. BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is a truly open API with as few rules and limitations as possible. With BOSS, developers and start-ups now have the technology and infrastructure to build next generation search solutions that can compete head-to-head with the principals in the search industry.

epi0Bauqu 16y ago

Nope. I didn't make this and I didn't know the person who did. Nor did I submit it.

blueben 16y ago
Take pride in the fact that people love your work so much that they will spam their friends to share it. :)