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DuckDuckGo's main problem is that they don't pick up new results as quickly as Google does. Otherwise, a query on DuckDuckGo looks very much like a query on Goo
by fabulist 12y ago
DuckDuckGo's main problem is that they don't pick up new results as quickly as Google does. Otherwise, a query on DuckDuckGo looks very much like a query on Google (the top results are often identical.)
If you can't find something on DuckDuckGo, try using Startpage. Startpage uses Google as a backend, so it often has fresher results than DuckDuckGo.
- higherpurpose 12y agoI think the problem is even worse on Startpage, which does use Google search, but Google is probably intentionally limiting the API to very old data.
- MichaelGG 12y agoDDG's main issue is that their results are just not good enough. I really, really wanted to like them and use them, but in all but the simplest queries, I ended up back at Google. I really want to ditch Google, but I don't see how. Except via Start Page.
- fabulist 12y agoThat was my experience with DDG several years ago, but not recently. Sometimes I check results in both search engines; they're always very similar.