We don't need Google

Re:We don't need Google by ams6110 on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:05PM (#13564146)

I started using DuckDuckGo a few years ago. Initially, I would find myself using Google at least a few times a day if DDG didn't turn up what I was looking for.

As time went on this was less and less the case, and now I hardly ever use Google for web search. DDG results are a lot better than they used to be and almost always as good as Google in my experience.

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Re:We don't need Google by EarthIsHome on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:24PM (#13564263)

I've also had this experience with DDG. Other people I've turned on to DDG have also experienced this.

I can't tell whether their search algorithms have gotten better or I've gotten used to DDG results.

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Re:We don't need Google by exergy on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:51PM (#13564454)

This also depends on what you're searching for. If you're hunting for a lot of academic stuff from journals, DDG just isn't good enough. On top of that its agonizingly slow. I try to give it a chance everywhere: phone, office workstation, home laptop. It's just not enough.

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