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Awesome. Resist the temptation to create DuckDuckMail, DuckDuckPlus, DuckDuckMaps. Stick to what makes DDG great; a simple, private, universal search engine.

jader201 15y ago
While I agree that DDG should keep it simple, two of the three Google examples you've given -- Gmail and Maps -- are products I rely heavily on, and am glad Google decided to branch out for those two products alone. I would have listed other, more toxic and/or embarrassingly unsuccessful examples, like: - Privacy practices - Adsense/Adwords - Search personalization "features" - Docs - Buzz - Jaiku - Wave - etc...
- fckin 15y ago
  Adsense? Are you serious? Google isn't a search engine. It's an ads engine. Without Adsense, there is no Google. Everything else is just a platform for it.
  - jader201 15y ago
    Not sure what you're arguing. I was using Adsense as an example of a toxic product from Google.
    - jonknee 15y ago
      Perhaps toxic, but Adsense/Adwords are what make Google possible. Without revenue there's no Google.
      - AJ007 15y ago
        The dis-proportionality of contextual pay per click revenue has financed Google's excursions in to all of these other areas. One has to wonder if Google had just stuck with search, the search product would be significantly better than it is today. Instead we've got Google trying to be everything to everyone, at the cost of the integrity of those search results.
        the-cakeboss 15y ago
        Have the search results degraded that much in your opinion? I still find their results the most useful.
        whiletruefork 15y ago
        96% of revenue in the most recent quarter came from Advertising. If Google hadn't pioneered contextually relevant advertising it would likely be bankrupt today (as no VC would front the money it costs to run and maintain the datacenters powering search today).
        justinlau 15y ago
        The search results are a hell of a lot better than they were a year or two ago. Content farm results, gone! Thank Jebus.
- duaneb 15y ago
  Google docs is amazing.
fabricode 15y ago
As one of their main features is the lack of tracking, I don't see DDG Mail or DDG Plus as a likely follow-on project. I'd like to see better integration with maps; geographic constraint and context seem to be in the natural progression of search engine growth.
mansolo 15y ago
If Duck Duck Go comes out with mail and an online office suite, and it has the same look and feel and the search, I'll abandon Google completely.
- gst 15y ago
  Why does your search engine need to store your mails? Can't this be a different provider?
  - mansolo 15y ago
    Integration streamlines workflow.
    - sukuriant 15y ago
      I don't know why this was downvoted. It's true. That's part of the reason why people love Google. They can do ~everything~ from it.
Zirro 15y ago
To be honest, if they are able to maintain those services without downgrading the search-experience, and remain true to their "no tracking, no bubbling"-ideology I would welcome such services.
ww520 15y ago
Resist the temptation to create DuckDuckPreview.

jader201 15y ago

While I agree that DDG should keep it simple, two of the three Google examples you've given -- Gmail and Maps -- are products I rely heavily on, and am glad Google decided to branch out for those two products alone. I would have listed other, more toxic and/or embarrassingly unsuccessful examples, like: - Privacy practices - Adsense/Adwords - Search personalization "features" - Docs - Buzz - Jaiku - Wave - etc...

fckin 15y ago
Adsense? Are you serious? Google isn't a search engine. It's an ads engine. Without Adsense, there is no Google. Everything else is just a platform for it.
- jader201 15y ago
  Not sure what you're arguing. I was using Adsense as an example of a toxic product from Google.
  - jonknee 15y ago
    Perhaps toxic, but Adsense/Adwords are what make Google possible. Without revenue there's no Google.
    - AJ007 15y ago
      The dis-proportionality of contextual pay per click revenue has financed Google's excursions in to all of these other areas. One has to wonder if Google had just stuck with search, the search product would be significantly better than it is today. Instead we've got Google trying to be everything to everyone, at the cost of the integrity of those search results.
      - the-cakeboss 15y ago
        Have the search results degraded that much in your opinion? I still find their results the most useful.
      - whiletruefork 15y ago
        96% of revenue in the most recent quarter came from Advertising. If Google hadn't pioneered contextually relevant advertising it would likely be bankrupt today (as no VC would front the money it costs to run and maintain the datacenters powering search today).
      - justinlau 15y ago
        The search results are a hell of a lot better than they were a year or two ago. Content farm results, gone! Thank Jebus.
duaneb 15y ago
Google docs is amazing.

fabricode 15y ago

As one of their main features is the lack of tracking, I don't see DDG Mail or DDG Plus as a likely follow-on project. I'd like to see better integration with maps; geographic constraint and context seem to be in the natural progression of search engine growth.

mansolo 15y ago

If Duck Duck Go comes out with mail and an online office suite, and it has the same look and feel and the search, I'll abandon Google completely.

gst 15y ago
Why does your search engine need to store your mails? Can't this be a different provider?
- mansolo 15y ago
  Integration streamlines workflow.
  - sukuriant 15y ago
    I don't know why this was downvoted. It's true. That's part of the reason why people love Google. They can do ~everything~ from it.

Zirro 15y ago

To be honest, if they are able to maintain those services without downgrading the search-experience, and remain true to their "no tracking, no bubbling"-ideology I would welcome such services.

ww520 15y ago

Resist the temptation to create DuckDuckPreview.