Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you
by blueben on Monday May 10, 2010 @05:08PM
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Is DDG engaging in some sort of grassroots campaign to make sure they get a link on HN at least a few times a month? I get it. DDG is out there. They're an alternative to Google. Great. How about some articles with merit rather than yet-another-link to the search engine front page and a bunch of people gushing about it?
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Nope. I didn't make this and I didn't know the person who did. Nor did I submit it.
Take pride in the fact that people love your work so much that they will spam their friends to share it. :)
In order to be qualified to make these sorts of comments, you either need to either (A) submit high quality links or (B) create something front-page worthy. Your last submission (out of a total of 3) was 59 days ago. And I don't see any links to projects in your profile. So pretty much all you're doing here is being negative; you're not taking any action to correct this quality "problem" that you perceive. DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl. And it's pretty good too. I personally don't mind if it gets some time on the front page, even if just for the discussion.
> DDG is an entire search engine coded by one dude in Perl.
DDG FAQ: Q. How do you get your results?
A. From many sources, including DuckDuckBot, crowd-sourced sites, BOSS & Bing.
E.g., see http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/ ...
BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. Developers, start-ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index.
BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is a truly open API with as few rules and limitations as possible. With BOSS, developers and start-ups now have the technology and infrastructure to build next generation search solutions that can compete head-to-head with the principals in the search industry.