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The nice thing about DDG is it is built around competition, because of its emphasis on redirection. In theory, DDG can become the hub around which we access a w
by Brakenshire 13y ago
The nice thing about DDG is it is built around competition, because of its emphasis on redirection. In theory, DDG can become the hub around which we access a whole variety of niche search engines, each time choosing which one is best suited to the task at hand. I think that encourages a fundamentally healthy ecosystem.
It would be even better if they could play up that element a bit more, if they could make the different search options in a particular area more discoverable. You want a better way to search for search engines.
- sebcat 13y agoAh, like the good old days. There was a metasearch engine that was fairly popular in pre-Google times. Can't remember the name of it though.
- bigiain 13y agoThere was probably more than one, but http://www.dogpile.com/ http://www.dogpile.com/ was the one I remember (which I'm quite surprised to see still exists/works).
- andyjohnson0 13y agoMetacrawler? If so, its still there: http://www.metacrawler.com/ http://www.metacrawler.com/
- showerst 13y agoThere were many as the commenters have said, but I always like hotbot.com