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Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit. Alternatively, you can use Startpage, which uses Google results, but anonymized.

by swebs 7y ago

paulryanrogers 7y ago
Is Startpage still anonymous? I thought they got bought by an adtech firm
- MeteorMarc 7y ago
  Startpage.com is and always has been anonymous, according to Wikipedia and without any credible sources denying this. Where did you get your suggestion?
  - ghostpepper 7y ago
    This is linked from another comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577
  - briandear 7y ago
    On the other hand, Wikipedia isn’t a “creditable source.” I have no dog in this fight, but the tendency to use Wikipedia to prove things is annoying.
- F00bart 7y ago
  Link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577
F00bart 7y ago
Duckduckgo claims to use 400 sources [0], so you’re probably not totally spot on. Edit: However, that includes their Instant Answers feature, and the numbers are outdated, it’s 1600 sources, most of which are catering to an specific and tiny niche (like angular.js docs, or a dictionary of accounting terms). Main sources are Bing, Yahoo, Wolfram Alpha and their own crawler (according to Wikipedia). [0] https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...
- rvnx 7y ago
  They say: 1 source = 1 widget/instant hack That's not for the SERP ;) It's mostly Bing/Yahoo/Yandex rebranded depending on the country.
Vaslo 7y ago
I use Bing everyday, get points towards gift cards, and literally never have any issues finding anything I search for, personal or technical.
- jrnichols 7y ago
  I too have enjoyed Bing more these days. I've always enjoyed their daily travel images especially, and the search results have been decent.
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tzs 7y ago
> Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit Bing seems fine to me. When I got a Surface Pro 4 three years ago, I decided to give Edge a try to see if it would do as my main browser, and left Bing as its default search. Three years later, I've not felt the need to change that.

Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit. Alternatively, you can use Startpage, which uses Google results, but anonymized.

by swebs 7y ago

Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit. Alternatively, you can use Startpage, which uses Google results, but anonymized.

paulryanrogers 7y ago

Is Startpage still anonymous? I thought they got bought by an adtech firm

MeteorMarc 7y ago
Startpage.com is and always has been anonymous, according to Wikipedia and without any credible sources denying this. Where did you get your suggestion?
- ghostpepper 7y ago
  This is linked from another comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577
- briandear 7y ago
  On the other hand, Wikipedia isn’t a “creditable source.” I have no dog in this fight, but the tendency to use Wikipedia to prove things is annoying.
F00bart 7y ago
Link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

F00bart 7y ago

Duckduckgo claims to use 400 sources [0], so you’re probably not totally spot on. Edit: However, that includes their Instant Answers feature, and the numbers are outdated, it’s 1600 sources, most of which are catering to an specific and tiny niche (like angular.js docs, or a dictionary of accounting terms). Main sources are Bing, Yahoo, Wolfram Alpha and their own crawler (according to Wikipedia). [0] https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...

rvnx 7y ago
They say: 1 source = 1 widget/instant hack That's not for the SERP ;) It's mostly Bing/Yahoo/Yandex rebranded depending on the country.

Vaslo 7y ago

I use Bing everyday, get points towards gift cards, and literally never have any issues finding anything I search for, personal or technical.

jrnichols 7y ago
I too have enjoyed Bing more these days. I've always enjoyed their daily travel images especially, and the search results have been decent.

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tzs 7y ago

> Duckduckgo uses Bing search in the back end, which is dogshit Bing seems fine to me. When I got a Surface Pro 4 three years ago, I decided to give Edge a try to see if it would do as my main browser, and left Bing as its default search. Three years later, I've not felt the need to change that.