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DDG doesn't really outperform Google when it comes to search, at least not so far as I can see. I've had it set as my default for several months again. But it
by thaumaturgy 12y ago
DDG doesn't really outperform Google when it comes to search, at least not so far as I can see. I've had it set as my default for several months again.
But it does have a much nicer UI, and there are lots of searches that it does about as well as Google. For programming stuff, the !bang searches are nice (https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html) -- I can type "!mdn createElement" or "!php obscure_function" and get straight to the official docs.
For broader topics, DDG's Wikipedia preview is a nice feature, the row of embedded images across the top for famous people is handy, and for everything else, I find the search results to be more readable than Google's.