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Maybe because google have spent years compiling data about me, but I had to switch to google search yesterday to get a result that wasn't showing on DDG. I hav

Maybe because google have spent years compiling data about me, but I had to switch to google search yesterday to get a result that wasn't showing on DDG. I have ddg as my start page on my main computer at home, I was looking for a military paint code so typed "military paint code A6" and all I got was Audi A6 sites (non military and I wan't looking for anything to do with Audi). Scoot over to google and my expected results where at the top. I continue to use dgg because they won't improve otherwise. Google need the competition, frankly.

johnchristopher 11y ago
> Maybe because google have spent years compiling data about me, but I had to switch to google search yesterday to get a result that wasn't showing on DDG. Maybe ? Maybe ?! Come on, that's the whole point of duckduckgo. http://dontbubble.us/ http://dontbubble.us/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2673898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2673898
- kagamine 11y ago
  Well, it was a niche search for sure. The A6 is a British military internal code (I haven't yet found out what it is, but strongly suspect it to be anti-reflective drab green because the vehicle was that colour when I bought it). It's just that the other search words had no connection to Audi, I haven't seen Audi used by any military (Mercedes, Land Rover, Jeep, Ford etc yes). The result seemed based off of only one of the search terms, not a grouping.
mcintyre1994 11y ago
Heh, I wanted to see how that search looked on Google without any hints in my bubble - my mistake, they show your comment at the top :) On another note I wonder if their indexer is actually that fast on a relatively niche site like this or whether they also index pages as I visit for use in search.
AtmaScout 11y ago
I tried the query. Second link was to your post. I also got some audi links and a Ford link about vehicle colors.
cromwellian 11y ago
I tried this query on DDG and got Audi results as well for top 4.

johnchristopher 11y ago

> Maybe because google have spent years compiling data about me, but I had to switch to google search yesterday to get a result that wasn't showing on DDG. Maybe ? Maybe ?! Come on, that's the whole point of duckduckgo. http://dontbubble.us/ http://dontbubble.us/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2673898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2673898

kagamine 11y ago
Well, it was a niche search for sure. The A6 is a British military internal code (I haven't yet found out what it is, but strongly suspect it to be anti-reflective drab green because the vehicle was that colour when I bought it). It's just that the other search words had no connection to Audi, I haven't seen Audi used by any military (Mercedes, Land Rover, Jeep, Ford etc yes). The result seemed based off of only one of the search terms, not a grouping.

mcintyre1994 11y ago

Heh, I wanted to see how that search looked on Google without any hints in my bubble - my mistake, they show your comment at the top :) On another note I wonder if their indexer is actually that fast on a relatively niche site like this or whether they also index pages as I visit for use in search.

AtmaScout 11y ago

I tried the query. Second link was to your post. I also got some audi links and a Ford link about vehicle colors.

cromwellian 11y ago

I tried this query on DDG and got Audi results as well for top 4.