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Can you elaborate more on this statement? "On the other hand I think DDG is the Sprint of search engines." I've been interested in switching to DDG for a while

Can you elaborate more on this statement? "On the other hand I think DDG is the Sprint of search engines." I've been interested in switching to DDG for a while but as a former Sprint customer, that statement scares me but maybe some explanation from you might understand your opinion better.

tracker1 8y ago
I'm not sure about the comparison itself... I've tried DDG several times, I search for technical things in generic ways a lot. DDG almost never gives me what I want in the first page. Google almost always does.
- leesalminen 8y ago
  Same here. It’s hard to blame DDG though- Google’s search index of Stack Overflow is better than SO’s own.
  - PaulHoule 8y ago
    Is there any site that indexes itself better than Google?
  - tracker1 8y ago
    It's not a matter of blame at all... I'd love to see some challengers. In the end, google knows a lot about me and is really good at delivering personalized results because of it.
- PaulHoule 8y ago
  Maybe if I used DDG more I would learn to parse the results better but the first thing I see are many results that have a "dark pattern" appearance to me. Often I do get a good result on the first page but often results #1-#N vary from third rate to non-sequitur and then result #N+1 is the one that should be at #1, where maybe N is drawn from Uniform(3,6). I see this so much I can't imagine it is an accident. If anything it seems to be 70% more evil than Google.
- burfog 8y ago
  I find DDG to be slightly better for technical things. It is pretty similar though. The real difference is non-technical things. Google filters out unflattering results and one side of anything even remotely political. It's a nerfed world, kind of like a Disney theme park. I'm an adult and I don't need to be led with blinders to the googly viewpoint.

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Can you elaborate more on this statement? "On the other hand I think DDG is the Sprint of search engines." I've been interested in switching to DDG for a while

by hangonhn 8y ago

tracker1 8y ago
I'm not sure about the comparison itself... I've tried DDG several times, I search for technical things in generic ways a lot. DDG almost never gives me what I want in the first page. Google almost always does.
- leesalminen 8y ago
  Same here. It’s hard to blame DDG though- Google’s search index of Stack Overflow is better than SO’s own.
  - PaulHoule 8y ago
    Is there any site that indexes itself better than Google?
  - tracker1 8y ago
    It's not a matter of blame at all... I'd love to see some challengers. In the end, google knows a lot about me and is really good at delivering personalized results because of it.
- PaulHoule 8y ago
  Maybe if I used DDG more I would learn to parse the results better but the first thing I see are many results that have a "dark pattern" appearance to me. Often I do get a good result on the first page but often results #1-#N vary from third rate to non-sequitur and then result #N+1 is the one that should be at #1, where maybe N is drawn from Uniform(3,6). I see this so much I can't imagine it is an accident. If anything it seems to be 70% more evil than Google.
- burfog 8y ago
  I find DDG to be slightly better for technical things. It is pretty similar though. The real difference is non-technical things. Google filters out unflattering results and one side of anything even remotely political. It's a nerfed world, kind of like a Disney theme park. I'm an adult and I don't need to be led with blinders to the googly viewpoint.