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> I tried hard to replace Google Search with DDG, but I have to admit that Google gives me better search results. In those cases where DuckDuckGo is not enough
by mastazi 6y ago
> I tried hard to replace Google Search with DDG, but I have to admit that Google gives me better search results.
In those cases where DuckDuckGo is not enough, just append !sp to your search, this will tell DDG to redirect your search to StartPage which is essentially a proxied Google search (the results come from Google but you as a user don't get in direct contact with Google itself).
- chalst 6y agoI think Google's invasion of privacy can be regarded as a kind of "symbiotic parasitism" - they are able to leverage the information they harvest from you to improve search quality. A proxy won't give as good results as letting Google spy on you.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoThey show you results more like those they think you'll want. Woe betide you if you search political things; you'll be trapped in a partisan political filter bubble.
- chalst 6y agoIt is true that what Google judges to be best search quality is not the best for the world.
- mastazi 6y agoYeah from my experience you get the kind of results that you would get from searching in an incognito window i.e. non-personalised (mmm although now that I think of it, they probably have fingerprinting techniques so that they can still track you while incognito)
- Tijdreiziger 6y agoor just !s