These are good points, though I think ddg really shines in it's focus on the query, and not trying to be too clever. Google tends to put too much weight on reg

These are good points, though I think ddg really shines in it's focus on the query, and not trying to be too clever. Google tends to put too much weight on regional proximity and browser language settings, sacrificing the relevance to the query. I guess their approach works for a majority of people and queries, but there are so many times it just feels wrong. E.g. on a simple query : http://imgur.com/ezKUm http://imgur.com/ezKUm (I am located in France, so french results come first. the two windows are in incognito mode for fairness, it's worse when logged in)