Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway
by avinium on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:23PM
(#18935631)
FWIW, I do recall DDG regularly giving me results for Melbourne, Florida (when I actually want Melbourne, Australia).
E.g. if I search for <a href='https://duckduckgo.com/?q=melbourne+restaurant&t=ffab&atb=v1... Restaurant"</a>, the first result is FL.
"Melbourne Indian Restaurant" is a bit better, but half of the front page results are still FL.
"Melbourne weather" always used to return FL, but that looks like its been fixed.
Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway
by aembleton on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:19PM
(#18935939)
Interesting, where are you searching from?
This is what I see when searching from the UK: https://i.imgur.com/XIxo4Jx.png
Quite clearly Melbourne, Australia. Maybe if you're in Florida it'll bias towards there.
Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway
by avinium on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @06:13PM
(#18984202)
Searching from Melbourne, Australia.
Screenshot here:
https://imagebin.ca/v/4UYChGqqIEQy
(The ad is geolocating correctly, but the first actual search result is "Melbourne Brevard County Florida")
As an example, something like “pizza near me” should work: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pizza+near+me
In terms of protecting privacy, you’re right, we don’t need to store the IP address (or any personal data), so we don’t. There’s more detail about how we do anonymous local searches here: https://duck.co/help/privacy/anonymous-localized-results
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