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duckduckgo is definitely not an alternative for google. you can't even compare.

datenhorst 8y ago
It is in some use cases. For programming related queries, it oftentimes gives me better results than Google because it's not trying to be clever and guess what I could actually mean.
- vperez 8y ago
  I second this, notably for programming related queries. I have been using DDG for a year or so now, and never looked back.
- phil9987 8y ago
  I do not quite agree. I found that duckduckgo often returns too many results from the same website, which is for programming related search queries often stackoverflow. The same query on Google leads (for me) often times to more diverse results which include more different base urls.
662a00c659fb134 8y ago
Why do you think that? I switched to duckduckgo about a year ago and never even looked back. The results are perfectly fine and I am pretty satisfied with them. What do you feel is not comparable? One thing I noticed, which is great, that duckduckgo does not filter/censor your search results (except pictures). edit: The only "bad" thing about it is its name. typing duckduckgo.com into the url bar when I am on some other computer takes kinda long, but I am okay with that
- icebraining 8y ago
  The domain ddg.gg redirects to duckduckgo.com
- james_pm 8y ago
  https://duck.com https://duck.com
chiefalchemist 8y ago
I use both. I start with DDG. If I sense it's not finding what I seek, I switch. I end up getting a second opinion from Google approx 15-20% of the time. That's better than give Google 100% of my queries.
dkrich 8y ago
Neither is Vimeo for YouTube or Apple Maps for Google Maps. Those were pathetic suggestions and in my mind ruin the credibility of the rest of the post. There is enormous value to the end user in the integration between search, navigation and reviews. So I’m supposed to find a place to eat on duck duck go, then find reviews in yelp, and finally go to Apple maps to get directions? That’s not a real alternative for anyone but the most privacy focused users is it?
- maccard 8y ago
  > I'm supposed to find a place to eat on duck duck go, then find reviews in yelp, and finally go to Apple maps to get directions? Or you could use yelp for all of it. I just typed "lunch" in and it gave me a list of reasonable placrs nearby, meanwhile Google maps listed every restaurant around me, including places not open for lunch. Tapping a restaurant on yelp gives me the reviews and there an option in the app to get directions. I'm on Android so I can't check, but from when I used iOS I remember yelp defaults to apple maps for directions. Seems like a good alternative to me.
sgjohnson 8y ago
I've been using DuckDuckGo for about 2 years now. Absolutely no issues. There's a viable alternative for every service Google offers. Fuck Google.

It is in some use cases. For programming related queries, it oftentimes gives me better results than Google because it's not trying to be clever and guess what I could actually mean.

vperez 8y ago
I second this, notably for programming related queries. I have been using DDG for a year or so now, and never looked back.
phil9987 8y ago
I do not quite agree. I found that duckduckgo often returns too many results from the same website, which is for programming related search queries often stackoverflow. The same query on Google leads (for me) often times to more diverse results which include more different base urls.

662a00c659fb134 8y ago

Why do you think that? I switched to duckduckgo about a year ago and never even looked back. The results are perfectly fine and I am pretty satisfied with them. What do you feel is not comparable? One thing I noticed, which is great, that duckduckgo does not filter/censor your search results (except pictures). edit: The only "bad" thing about it is its name. typing duckduckgo.com into the url bar when I am on some other computer takes kinda long, but I am okay with that

icebraining 8y ago
The domain ddg.gg redirects to duckduckgo.com
james_pm 8y ago
https://duck.com https://duck.com

chiefalchemist 8y ago

I use both. I start with DDG. If I sense it's not finding what I seek, I switch. I end up getting a second opinion from Google approx 15-20% of the time. That's better than give Google 100% of my queries.

dkrich 8y ago

Neither is Vimeo for YouTube or Apple Maps for Google Maps. Those were pathetic suggestions and in my mind ruin the credibility of the rest of the post. There is enormous value to the end user in the integration between search, navigation and reviews. So I’m supposed to find a place to eat on duck duck go, then find reviews in yelp, and finally go to Apple maps to get directions? That’s not a real alternative for anyone but the most privacy focused users is it?

maccard 8y ago
> I'm supposed to find a place to eat on duck duck go, then find reviews in yelp, and finally go to Apple maps to get directions? Or you could use yelp for all of it. I just typed "lunch" in and it gave me a list of reasonable placrs nearby, meanwhile Google maps listed every restaurant around me, including places not open for lunch. Tapping a restaurant on yelp gives me the reviews and there an option in the app to get directions. I'm on Android so I can't check, but from when I used iOS I remember yelp defaults to apple maps for directions. Seems like a good alternative to me.

sgjohnson 8y ago

I've been using DuckDuckGo for about 2 years now. Absolutely no issues. There's a viable alternative for every service Google offers. Fuck Google.