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Re:The Case Against Google by avinium on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @09:59AM (#16420773)
DDG results are great, but it still pains me that it's (relatively) slow compared to Google + Chrome, which is as close to instantaneous as far as I perceive.
Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @10:04AM (#16420818)
On Firefox and Safari they seem the same to me, and either way I’d rather wait a few extra ms to get results that aren’t a bunch of SEO spam and ads.
Re:The Case Against Google by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:50AM (#16421727)
> DDG results are great

No, it's still far inferior to Google search.

Try "D without garbage collection" in both, and get back to me.

Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:29PM (#16422083)
First result in DDG is from stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...

Google: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...

Same exact thing, so what is your point exactly?

Re:The Case Against Google by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:47PM (#16422233)
Cherry-picking, then. Real cute.

Of the top 10 Google results, 9 specifically relate to the D programming language.

Of the top 10 DuckDuckGo results, the number is 3.

Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:59PM (#16422342)
Using the top result of a search engine with a string you provided is cherry picking?

Yeah... good to see you’re not reaching or anything.

Re:The Case Against Google by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:23PM (#16422562)
You're suggesting that nothing matters but the top result?

Don't be silly.

Re:The Case Against Google by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:37PM (#16422692)
I’m suggesting that if the top result works it doesn’t matter. More, I’m suggesting that the next time you want to suggest a challenge you should run it yourself, first.
Re:The Case Against Google by Terretta on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:55PM (#16422308)
You can also try https://www.startpage.com/ (or !s in DDG)

Googley, but without the personal dossier.

Re:The Case Against Google by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:07PM (#16424206)
I'm seeing different ordering of results from Google. I used a fresh Private Browsing session, so no cookies.

Second result from Google: https://dlang.org/blog/2017/06/16/life-in-the-fast-lane/ (on StartPage this is the third result)

Second result from StartPage: https://dlang.org/spec/garbage.html (on Google this is the third result)

Re:The Case Against Google by Terretta on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @06:45AM (#16428730)
Don’t know what to tell you except that one of them is known to filter and personalize results, definitely leverages your IP address and other identifiers, and the other claims not to.