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I use DDG almost exclusively; it is normal that I do not search with Google in a calendar month. On some devices, when I do reach for Google, it asks me to agre
by squiggleblaz 5y ago
I use DDG almost exclusively; it is normal that I do not search with Google in a calendar month. On some devices, when I do reach for Google, it asks me to agree to their T&Cs so I just hit back. However:
* Google is very much better at finding solutions to programming errors. Duck Duck Go sometimes works fine, but sometimes it sends me on a wild goose chase (if you pardon the ... almost pun). This has always been a problem since I started using DDG.
* Duck Duck Go is poisoned by useless autogenerated results. If I want to compare two options, I don't want an autogenerated comparison. I want actual analyses and anecdotes from users. In that case, I normally add site:reddit.com rather than !g so I can't positively say Google is better but I believe it is. This started bothering me at some point, but it might be my fault.
In both cases, I think the issue is the same: Google is still better at prioritising conversational content over content produced predominately to get eyeballs near ads. This is slightly ironic.
- npteljes 5y agoI also noticed that DDG (and Bing I guess) return results that are obviously SEO-gamed websited. Throws be right back into the early 2000s, when the big G was full of nonsense like this. Local results are another part where google works clearly better. I add "site:.mytld" of course but it's clunky and the results are not always satisfactory.