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I agree the name is not that great – I know others might disagree – But I once told a friend of mine about DDG, to which he replied: "DuckDuckGo? I would never
by plainOldText 13y ago
I agree the name is not that great – I know others might disagree – But I once told a friend of mine about DDG, to which he replied: "DuckDuckGo? I would never use a search engine named like that."
I know it's shallow to judge a product/service by its name, but for most people hearing the name for the first time counts as an initial encounter with the product/service, and since that can leave an impression, it matters a lot.
- omaranto 13y agoWhat search engine did that person use? Altavista, maybe, if it still exists? all the others have silly names: Google, Bing, Dogpile, Blekko, Ask Jeeves, ...
- marssaxman 13y agoDDG is my default search engine now, but I avoided it for a couple of years because of the silly name.