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I wonder how many people don't use DDG (like me) because of the stupid (in my opinion) name. It's so impossible to remember and pronounce. Whatever cool/hilari
by 323 5y ago
I wonder how many people don't use DDG (like me) because of the stupid (in my opinion) name. It's so impossible to remember and pronounce.
Whatever cool/hilarious/human reason they have for it (I don't care), I wish they also added another alias that is easy to remember and type.
- metabagel 5y agoIt’s a riff on the children’s game “duck duck goose”.
- simiones 5y agoThe biggest problem is that it's the American (UK as well?) name for a children's game - not the sort of thing most English speakers would ever learn, unless they are really connected to US/UK culture. The game is probably more or less universal, but the name is unrecognizable.
- metabagel 5y agoI feel like it’s such an oddball name that it sticks in my head.
- quesera 5y agoOddly, in some regions of the US, the same game is called "duck, duck, grey duck".
- shkkmo 5y agoI never type it because DDG is my default. I think Google was a harder name to remember for non-nerds who weren't familiar with the rather obscure word. There is a short alias: As someone else mentioned, duck.com redirects to duckduckgo.com
- akho 5y agoduck.com
- NoGravitas 5y agoddg.gg or duck.com are both easy to type. And I suppose duck.com is reasonably easy to remember.