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For me the "killer app" of Google search is location based searches. DDG is great but when I want to find a Petco nearby I don't want to use Yelp.
by zwkrt 8y ago
For me the "killer app" of Google search is location based searches. DDG is great but when I want to find a Petco nearby I don't want to use Yelp.
- Twirrim 8y agoIf you put "!g" at the start of your search, DDG automatically redirects you to the search result in google. I've been using DDG as my search engine for about 2 1/2 years now, and I find absolutely no reason to go back to Google other than location search, and DDG proxies that easily.
- binomialxenon 8y agoI don't have any problem with just searching strings such as "coffee shop [city name]", etc.
- bhhaskin 8y agoRight. If I want to add that location based context it is up to me as a user, and not automatically assumed.
- codazoda 8y agoI always open Google Maps in this case; not the browser. Just my habit, I suppose.
- fudoo 8y agoThen why does Google constantly think I'm a city over? If their killer app is location search they suck at it.