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This was discussed previously, and I think that the biggest difference is that Bing and Google are "silly non-specific" while DuckDuckGo is "silly specific", wh
by MikeCapone 16y ago
This was discussed previously, and I think that the biggest difference is that Bing and Google are "silly non-specific" while DuckDuckGo is "silly specific", which means that when you think of it, it sounds kind of silly, and you know why and you have a mental picture of a duck or whatever in your head.
Google is kind of a weird word, but it didn't feel quite as silly even way back when it came out. Same with Bing.
- jjs 16y agoHow about Amazon? When you visit their site, do you think of rain forests or Xena?
- MikeCapone 16y agoNo, but I don't think Amazon is very silly name at all. To me it's similar to the company that is called Patagonia. Just named after a geographical region. They could've been called Alps.com and it would've been on a similar level of silliness, IMO (not that silliness is an exact science, but I'm going with my gut here). Cartoon ducks aren't quite comparable, IMHO.
- zavulon 16y agoAlso - Google, Facebook, Youtube, Yahoo, Bing, etc are very short. "Duck Duck Go" isn't.