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I've been using DDG and Firefox for years now, and don't miss Google at all. The main thing I'm really annoyed with DDG about is that they don't (no longer?) t
by gnosis 13y ago
I've been using DDG and Firefox for years now, and don't miss Google at all.
The main thing I'm really annoyed with DDG about is that they don't (no longer?) treat double-quoted search terms as literal. I'll often get results that are close to but not exactly what I asked for.
This is really frustrating, as my entire intention in double quoting search terms is to ask for exactly those search terms and nothing else.
As far as DDG's privacy boasts go, I'd love to see them confirmed by frequent audits from a trusted and respected entity like the EFF. For all we know, DDG might be lying (or being forced to lie) about not tracking or spying on its users and not handing over the data it collects on us to others.
My motto is: trust but verify. So far, there's no way to do that in the case of DDG. Still, I'd much rather use a service that at least pays (pretty convincing) lip service to respecting its users' privacy than services where there's clear evidence of abuse and contempt for its users' privacy, such as Google or Facebook.
- hnriot 13y agoDDG is Bing with some front end work, why not just use Bing and then you can use quotes searches without problem [1] [1] http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff524480.aspx http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff524480.aspx
- mtgx 13y agoI assume because he switched to DDG for privacy reasons, not because he thought the search was better. Also DDG has some search features that neither Google nor Bing have. For people who still like Google search more, but want the privacy, I'd suggest startpage.com. I see even the Tor Browser Bundle uses it as the default search engine (you can still switch to DDG and others, too).
- gnosis 13y agoIt's not just Bing. "DuckDuckGo's results are a compilation of "about 50" sources, including Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha, Bing, its own Web crawler, the DuckDuckBot, and others."[1] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckduckgo#Features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckduckgo#Features
- mda 13y agoIt is a meta search engine with lions share of queries answered by Yahoo! BOSS (which is backed by Bing).
- dredmorbius 13y agoI just got hit by that "search this exact mispelled phrase" bug earlier today, and yes, it's annoying.