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This post made me finally create an account here. I do admit that personalized searches improve result quality a lot, at least for some topics. But after using
by kermitdance 12y ago
This post made me finally create an account here.
I do admit that personalized searches improve result quality a lot, at least for some topics. But after using DDG as my main search engine for about a year,
> especially for its lack of features
just sounds wrong. On the contrary, I tend to feel really helpless when using Google because of the lack of DDG bang syntax. For me, DDG is like my perfectly customized search engine with all the features I need - without actually customizing anything. This enables me to have the same, good search experience wherever I am (notebook, desktop PC, tablet, some else's machine...)
So to conclude this: Not relying on the search engine to guess your intention based on personalization takes some time to get used to, but for me it definitely payed off.
- weaksauce 12y agoany good resources for learning how to effectively use DDG?
- pessimizer 12y agohttps://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html all of the boolean and ':' filters from google work also.
- kermitdance 12y agohttps://duck.co/help/features https://duck.co/help/features seems to be a good starting point, since it has links to the bang syntax(e.g. '!gh junit', '!a sicp'), instant answers('4 euros in €') and more. I learned most of the things I use today by experimenting and trying some bang-keywords I considered feasible before actually checking DDG documentation.
- m_mueller 12y agoWhy is kermitdance's reply to this post dead now?
- kermitdance 12y agoI still see my reply when I'm logged in, I noticed it disappeared from public view after I tried to edit it... [edit] I had included the features-link again and this reply was hidden. [edit2] Still hidden... HN doesn't like me
- maxerickson 12y agoProbably because they used a url shortener.