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Ask HN: Query Best Practices for DuckDuckGo?
I've recently made the switch to using DuckDuckGo for privacy reasons. Part of me misses the Google experience though, which to it's credit was actually really good. I know I've been trained over the years to search the "Google way," breaking up things into keywords, using quotes, etc.
That said, whats the best way to searching using DuckDuckGo. Is there a certain query format to get the best result? Am I over-thinking this? When searching for programming related questions, I find myself typing the same query I used in DuckDuckGo back into Google and finding the answer faster.
- cdvonstinkpot 13y agoI had switched to DDG for awhile a year or so ago, but found myself frustrated with the results. I, too would have to paste my query into Google & search again all too many times to find what I was looking for until I finally gave up & switched back to Google for good. I really hated to, but it wasn't worth the hassle. Maybe one day DDG's algorithms will work just as well as Google's & they'll be able to nail my searches the first time like Google does, but until then I guess I'll be being tracked.