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I switched my SE to DDG on my mobile devices. It is 100% useless when I want to search for local news/events from my country/city (Southern Germany) and I alway

I switched my SE to DDG on my mobile devices. It is 100% useless when I want to search for local news/events from my country/city (Southern Germany) and I always have to fall back to Google. What's quite funny is that last month a couple of DDG billboards started popping up in my city.

magicalhippo 6y ago
Same here for Norway. I can flip the switch for Norwegian results, but it's sticky, so I have to remember to flip it back when I want to search for everything else. All in all way to tedious.
- fsflover 6y ago
  Did you try this: https://duckduckgo.com/settings https://duckduckgo.com/settings?
  - magicalhippo 6y ago
    What setting are you referring to? The region one is the same as on the search result page. I find it's way too powerful for technical searches, obscuring the stuff I want. So I keep having to flip it on and off.
    - fsflover 6y ago
      You can change the settings on that page and get the link which contains these setting in the URL. Next time you go to https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=no-no https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=no-no instead of https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/
      - magicalhippo 6y ago
        Ow, yea ok. Still tedious though.
        CameronNemo 6y ago
        Someone mentioned that the bang syntax works, e.g. !ddgno or !ddgde
        fsflover 6y ago
        How is it tedious? Are you always entering duckduckgo.com by hand?
        magicalhippo 6y ago
        No, but it means I can't use the search bar and have to keep in mind if I want regional or global search. With Google I just use the search bar and get my results.
        fsflover 6y ago
        I think it must be possible to make the new ddg address for search bar. In Google it is always user-tailored and local search I guess.
Semaphor 6y ago
Interesting, I always thought the results I get with !ddgde are great. Maybe it’s the size of your city? I have no problems with Germany-, Schleswig-Holstein-, or Lübeck-wide results.
Marsymars 6y ago
Google results are very aggressively targeted to where it thinks you're located. It makes it difficult to find globally notable results when Google just returns weird local results from my current city.

magicalhippo 6y ago

Same here for Norway. I can flip the switch for Norwegian results, but it's sticky, so I have to remember to flip it back when I want to search for everything else. All in all way to tedious.

fsflover 6y ago
Did you try this: https://duckduckgo.com/settings https://duckduckgo.com/settings?
- magicalhippo 6y ago
  What setting are you referring to? The region one is the same as on the search result page. I find it's way too powerful for technical searches, obscuring the stuff I want. So I keep having to flip it on and off.
  - fsflover 6y ago
    You can change the settings on that page and get the link which contains these setting in the URL. Next time you go to https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=no-no https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=no-no instead of https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/
    - magicalhippo 6y ago
      Ow, yea ok. Still tedious though.
      - CameronNemo 6y ago
        Someone mentioned that the bang syntax works, e.g. !ddgno or !ddgde
      - fsflover 6y ago
        How is it tedious? Are you always entering duckduckgo.com by hand?
        magicalhippo 6y ago
        No, but it means I can't use the search bar and have to keep in mind if I want regional or global search. With Google I just use the search bar and get my results.
        fsflover 6y ago
        I think it must be possible to make the new ddg address for search bar. In Google it is always user-tailored and local search I guess.

Semaphor 6y ago

Interesting, I always thought the results I get with !ddgde are great. Maybe it’s the size of your city? I have no problems with Germany-, Schleswig-Holstein-, or Lübeck-wide results.

Marsymars 6y ago

Google results are very aggressively targeted to where it thinks you're located. It makes it difficult to find globally notable results when Google just returns weird local results from my current city.