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Because fairly frequently, I'll search for something on DDG, not find what I was expecting, and try on Google as a backup. And because in many people's minds, G
by khedoros1 9y ago
Because fairly frequently, I'll search for something on DDG, not find what I was expecting, and try on Google as a backup. And because in many people's minds, Google is search.
- forapurpose 9y agoI thought the same thing, then I realized there was a significant selection bias: I was only looking at events where half the hypothesis (DDG fails & Google succeeds) is true. For example, how does DDG perform when Google fails?
- khedoros1 9y agoThat's true, but I wasn't thinking in that direction. I was just trying to answer "why are people still using Google?". But honestly, if Google doesn't have it (down below whichever ad-driven first results I have to skip), it's a good bet that I'm not going to find it on other search engines either, unless some specific site indexes its own content better than the search engines do (archive.org comes to mind, for some things). Of course, this is all colored by my search style and the topics I'm usually looking for information on.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoIf Google fails doubt it will be found on other choices. I will post something on a smaller site and Google will pick it up while the other search engines will not. So for me just easy choice is to use Google.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoPut a !g in the front of your search. DuckDuckGo is awesome.
- khedoros1 9y agoSuppose I might as well configure my browser to use that pattern, instead of going directly to Google search, too. That would make it a bit more convenient to remember.
- thomastjeffery 9y ago!g google !gi google images !define the free dictionary !r reddit There are a lot more, and I find them quite useful.
- neonhomer 9y agoThe one I use all the time is !m for Google Maps.
- neonhomer 9y agoCan you give an example? I've seen this comment before but never have an issue with DDG.