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https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/

mjt0229 12y ago
DDG is excellent most of the time, but way behind when doing video or map searches. I have it as my default in most places, but sometimes I just have to fall back to Google.
- mod 12y ago
  I don't disagree, but it did trump the point of the comment it replied to. DDG will get the job done.
- azinman2 12y ago
  I wish that were true. I tried to switch to them after they did their 'next' a few months back but the results were most of the time not nearly as good as Google's for my queries and I had to switch back.
  - tracker1 12y ago
    Part of the reason google is so good is that they track you.. if you disable traffic, they aren't quite as good.
- firloop 12y ago
  Agreed. Additionally, DDG is useless when searching for current news events. Google is great at flowing in headlines for recent events with searches, which often leads me to include the "!g" bang if searching for a recent issue/store.
- greyone 12y ago
  You can use Disconnect Search that make your google searches anonymous: https://search.disconnect.me/ https://search.disconnect.me/
- conradev 12y ago
  And DDG makes it super easy to search google with a bang: "!g hacker news"
  - edraferi 12y ago
    Yup. The bang feature makes DDG amazing. I use it as my default because it's a great way to quickly do tailored searches. It's very easy to say, search Hacker News (!hn), python documentation (!py3), R sites (!rseek) or just pull up a wikipedia page (!w).
jotm 12y ago
Sorry, as much as I tried to like it, the results just don't match what I need...
- heroh 12y ago
  https://startpage.com https://startpage.com - they offer anonymized google results & don't log IP.
- mehwoot 12y ago
  Because they don't make any money, because only the sorts of shitty practises people often complain about are what enables making money providing free services. If enough people were actually willing to pay to use a search engine you could have an awesome search engine with none of that.
  - rplnt 12y ago
    They insert their own referrals for various sites, they do make money.

DDG is excellent most of the time, but way behind when doing video or map searches. I have it as my default in most places, but sometimes I just have to fall back to Google.

mod 12y ago
I don't disagree, but it did trump the point of the comment it replied to. DDG will get the job done.
azinman2 12y ago
I wish that were true. I tried to switch to them after they did their 'next' a few months back but the results were most of the time not nearly as good as Google's for my queries and I had to switch back.
- tracker1 12y ago
  Part of the reason google is so good is that they track you.. if you disable traffic, they aren't quite as good.
firloop 12y ago
Agreed. Additionally, DDG is useless when searching for current news events. Google is great at flowing in headlines for recent events with searches, which often leads me to include the "!g" bang if searching for a recent issue/store.
greyone 12y ago
You can use Disconnect Search that make your google searches anonymous: https://search.disconnect.me/ https://search.disconnect.me/
conradev 12y ago
And DDG makes it super easy to search google with a bang: "!g hacker news"
- edraferi 12y ago
  Yup. The bang feature makes DDG amazing. I use it as my default because it's a great way to quickly do tailored searches. It's very easy to say, search Hacker News (!hn), python documentation (!py3), R sites (!rseek) or just pull up a wikipedia page (!w).

jotm 12y ago

Sorry, as much as I tried to like it, the results just don't match what I need...

heroh 12y ago
https://startpage.com https://startpage.com - they offer anonymized google results & don't log IP.
mehwoot 12y ago
Because they don't make any money, because only the sorts of shitty practises people often complain about are what enables making money providing free services. If enough people were actually willing to pay to use a search engine you could have an awesome search engine with none of that.
- rplnt 12y ago
  They insert their own referrals for various sites, they do make money.