14 ms·

I like DDG in theory a lot, and have switched my default search to it, but admittedly still end up going back to Google a lot, as DDG often doesn't bring up wha

I like DDG in theory a lot, and have switched my default search to it, but admittedly still end up going back to Google a lot, as DDG often doesn't bring up what I'm looking for, whereas it'll be the first result on Google.

noloqy 13y ago
Same here. I used DDG a couple of years ago, for about 2 months. I also ended up going back to Google for at least 30% of my queries. As a result of the reduction in productivity, I decided to switch back to Google. Besides the anonymity there are a couple of features I like, but content wise there is no match to Google at the moment. One thing I like is the bang feature (!stackoverflow hello world), but realize that Chromium offers something more convenient built-in, which I also rarely use in practice. Still waiting for something that brings the best of both worlds.
TimJRobinson 13y ago
My take: In 2 months of using DDG I've only had to go back to Google twice, and there were quite a few queries where it was even better than Google (mainly because of the meta information it showed at the top https://duckduckgo.com/?q=4+largest+countries+in+the+Caribbean https://duckduckgo.com/?q=4+largest+countries+in+the+Caribbe... surprised me)
GhotiFish 13y ago
I have a few bookmark keywords I use for searching so ohgodhelpme will search stackoverflow for ohgodhelpme g will search duckduckgo go will search google. I have noticed that as well, I gradually migrated from typing in "g whatever" to "go whatever" Kind of depressing actually. Because I do like DDG.
- jghrng 13y ago
  I did exactly the same and I unfortunately also really got used to the "go" prefix by now.
sinkasapa 13y ago
You can always use Startpage to use Google https://startpage.com/ https://startpage.com/. I use both Startpage and DDG frequently. Sometimes the results of one are what I want and sometimes the other. The whole idea of there being just one useful search engine doesn't make sense to me. I only wish these companies would do more to differentiate themselves and that there were more options.
nilved 13y ago
I use !g more than I type standard queries, but I use !g once for every hundred times I type !yt, !w, !gh, &c. The proper search results are sometimes inferior to Google, but the bang queries make it more useful for me regardless.
- dredmorbius 13y ago
  !sp (startpage) should give you proxied Google results.

noloqy 13y ago

Same here. I used DDG a couple of years ago, for about 2 months. I also ended up going back to Google for at least 30% of my queries. As a result of the reduction in productivity, I decided to switch back to Google. Besides the anonymity there are a couple of features I like, but content wise there is no match to Google at the moment. One thing I like is the bang feature (!stackoverflow hello world), but realize that Chromium offers something more convenient built-in, which I also rarely use in practice. Still waiting for something that brings the best of both worlds.

TimJRobinson 13y ago

My take: In 2 months of using DDG I've only had to go back to Google twice, and there were quite a few queries where it was even better than Google (mainly because of the meta information it showed at the top https://duckduckgo.com/?q=4+largest+countries+in+the+Caribbean https://duckduckgo.com/?q=4+largest+countries+in+the+Caribbe... surprised me)

GhotiFish 13y ago

I have a few bookmark keywords I use for searching so ohgodhelpme will search stackoverflow for ohgodhelpme g will search duckduckgo go will search google. I have noticed that as well, I gradually migrated from typing in "g whatever" to "go whatever" Kind of depressing actually. Because I do like DDG.

jghrng 13y ago
I did exactly the same and I unfortunately also really got used to the "go" prefix by now.

sinkasapa 13y ago

You can always use Startpage to use Google https://startpage.com/ https://startpage.com/. I use both Startpage and DDG frequently. Sometimes the results of one are what I want and sometimes the other. The whole idea of there being just one useful search engine doesn't make sense to me. I only wish these companies would do more to differentiate themselves and that there were more options.

nilved 13y ago

I use !g more than I type standard queries, but I use !g once for every hundred times I type !yt, !w, !gh, &c. The proper search results are sometimes inferior to Google, but the bang queries make it more useful for me regardless.

dredmorbius 13y ago
!sp (startpage) should give you proxied Google results.