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I believe it might be because DDG is not Google. What works on google might not work the same in DDG. How long have you been using google? Probably long time.

I believe it might be because DDG is not Google. What works on google might not work the same in DDG. How long have you been using google? Probably long time. During this time you (unconsiously) learned how to ask questions "google way", now you need to learn to quack :p I also found that DDG sometimes (not very often) does not find what I am looking for. Mostly it is because I know nothing of the subject ie. using a description of a "thing" I am looking for instead of its name, etc. - theese are the things google is better at. Regardless, if you find such query than please submit it to ddg, they are very responsive and results do get better.

Afforess 13y ago
>How long have you been using google? Probably long time. During this time you (unconsiously) learned how to ask questions "google way", now you need to learn to quack :p I understand this, but most of us are looking for an alternative to Google and not a completely different search engine.
- yen223 13y ago
  Google with Adblock does the trick.
  - hga 13y ago
    "Out of the box" I don't find that to be true, at least not with Linux 32 bit Firefox 21.0 and Chrome 27.0.1453.93 just now. Same results for auto mechanic and Italian restaurant, except my local market is too small for anyone to have bought ads for the latter. I assume I could configure Adblock Plus to hide the Google ads, but at least for me and what I normally search for they're not really an issue.
- dotmanish 13y ago
  Take a look at StartPage (http://startpage.com http://startpage.com) - similar Privacy Policy.
  - Afforess 13y ago
    I did, but it still includes local results (it thinks I am in New York City). I signed up for a Google API account and tried the Google custom search engine and searched for "pizza restaurants" and received different results than with Startpage. Startpage tried to sell me NYC pizza. Google Custom Search: http://i.imgur.com/PLZ79Vk.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/PLZ79Vk.png?1 Startpage: http://i.imgur.com/5ui5LQc.png http://i.imgur.com/5ui5LQc.png

Afforess 13y ago

>How long have you been using google? Probably long time. During this time you (unconsiously) learned how to ask questions "google way", now you need to learn to quack :p I understand this, but most of us are looking for an alternative to Google and not a completely different search engine.

yen223 13y ago
Google with Adblock does the trick.
- hga 13y ago
  "Out of the box" I don't find that to be true, at least not with Linux 32 bit Firefox 21.0 and Chrome 27.0.1453.93 just now. Same results for auto mechanic and Italian restaurant, except my local market is too small for anyone to have bought ads for the latter. I assume I could configure Adblock Plus to hide the Google ads, but at least for me and what I normally search for they're not really an issue.
dotmanish 13y ago
Take a look at StartPage (http://startpage.com http://startpage.com) - similar Privacy Policy.
- Afforess 13y ago
  I did, but it still includes local results (it thinks I am in New York City). I signed up for a Google API account and tried the Google custom search engine and searched for "pizza restaurants" and received different results than with Startpage. Startpage tried to sell me NYC pizza. Google Custom Search: http://i.imgur.com/PLZ79Vk.png?1 http://i.imgur.com/PLZ79Vk.png?1 Startpage: http://i.imgur.com/5ui5LQc.png http://i.imgur.com/5ui5LQc.png