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The DuckDuckGo Community

53 points by jordanmessina 16y ago

theycallmemorty 16y ago
Wow, the opportunity.co website is unbearable.
- ritonlajoie 16y ago
  I feel like a cow... Just visited it, and bougth elasti.co Maybe Sedo will work out some $ for me.. wait& see !
  - iamjustlooking 16y ago
    Maybe you could do something with the domain you bought instead of just squatting on it with the intent to profit.
    - ritonlajoie 16y ago
      Yeah If only I had time for that... Unfortunately, I don't. I just thought that "elastico" could be a good name to start with, say, a SaaS about cloud stuff. It seems to be very popular noawadays. I wish I could win at the lottery and start something on my own..
      - ant5 16y ago
        I wish I could win at the lottery and start something on my own.. ... maybe if you stopped wasting time and money on domain squatting
  - vaksel 16y ago
    with all these secondary TLDs, the only domains worth any money are those for actual words. i.e. purses.co And even then the worth is like 1/1000 of what a primary name would be worth. sex.com = 20 million, sex.co - $10,000
    - DotSauce 16y ago
      Not quite. Sex.co is worth much more and someone has probably already paid more than $10,000 during a landrush auction to acquire it. Here is some insider info on the .CO launch for those interested: http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/07/20/millions-virtual-real-estate-co-launch/ http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/07/20/millions-virtual-real-est... Over 200,000 domains have been registered as of today's launch.
- robryan 16y ago
  Their premise is pretty bad to, "let's make the internet new again" for a couple of days until every major brand and squatters take up everything decent again. It's still no .com which is still the default people will assume when trying to find your site based on a half memory of a web address.
epi0Bauqu 16y ago
Here's the announcement post: http://ye.gg/duckco http://ye.gg/duckco
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NathanKP 16y ago
I notice that the site has a redirect from duck.co to duck.co/#home to duck.co/#AllForums such that I can't just hit the back button to return to HN. Other than that it looks nice. It just needs more posts to get it going.
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- mbrubeck 16y ago
  You can fix this in JavaScript by using window.location.replace(url) instead of other navigation/redirect methods.
jasonlotito 16y ago
I've been using DDG for some months now while at work. It's set as the default search engine in Chrome and Firefox. Generally get's me what I'm looking for fairly quick. The mouseover effect is a bit much (reminds me of a cheap SEO site), but the results are quick, I get good results, and I like icons and other little touches. I really don't notice I use DDG anymore. Which is a good thing. Proof that even in a market where there is a winner, you can still put out a product.
mcantor 16y ago
I love that the cadence of "DuckDotCo" is the same as for "DuckDuckGo."

53 points by jordanmessina 16y ago

theycallmemorty 16y ago

Wow, the opportunity.co website is unbearable.

ritonlajoie 16y ago
I feel like a cow... Just visited it, and bougth elasti.co Maybe Sedo will work out some $ for me.. wait& see !
- iamjustlooking 16y ago
  Maybe you could do something with the domain you bought instead of just squatting on it with the intent to profit.
  - ritonlajoie 16y ago
    Yeah If only I had time for that... Unfortunately, I don't. I just thought that "elastico" could be a good name to start with, say, a SaaS about cloud stuff. It seems to be very popular noawadays. I wish I could win at the lottery and start something on my own..
    - ant5 16y ago
      I wish I could win at the lottery and start something on my own.. ... maybe if you stopped wasting time and money on domain squatting
- vaksel 16y ago
  with all these secondary TLDs, the only domains worth any money are those for actual words. i.e. purses.co And even then the worth is like 1/1000 of what a primary name would be worth. sex.com = 20 million, sex.co - $10,000
  - DotSauce 16y ago
    Not quite. Sex.co is worth much more and someone has probably already paid more than $10,000 during a landrush auction to acquire it. Here is some insider info on the .CO launch for those interested: http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/07/20/millions-virtual-real-estate-co-launch/ http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/07/20/millions-virtual-real-est... Over 200,000 domains have been registered as of today's launch.
robryan 16y ago
Their premise is pretty bad to, "let's make the internet new again" for a couple of days until every major brand and squatters take up everything decent again. It's still no .com which is still the default people will assume when trying to find your site based on a half memory of a web address.

epi0Bauqu 16y ago

Here's the announcement post: http://ye.gg/duckco http://ye.gg/duckco

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NathanKP 16y ago

I notice that the site has a redirect from duck.co to duck.co/#home to duck.co/#AllForums such that I can't just hit the back button to return to HN. Other than that it looks nice. It just needs more posts to get it going.

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mbrubeck 16y ago
You can fix this in JavaScript by using window.location.replace(url) instead of other navigation/redirect methods.

jasonlotito 16y ago

I've been using DDG for some months now while at work. It's set as the default search engine in Chrome and Firefox. Generally get's me what I'm looking for fairly quick. The mouseover effect is a bit much (reminds me of a cheap SEO site), but the results are quick, I get good results, and I like icons and other little touches. I really don't notice I use DDG anymore. Which is a good thing. Proof that even in a market where there is a winner, you can still put out a product.

mcantor 16y ago

I love that the cadence of "DuckDotCo" is the same as for "DuckDuckGo."