We can do better than DuckDuckGo

Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo by Semaphor on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:57AM (#25133917)

For me (German) it’s different. With DDG, I can easily choose to search for German content (by using !ddgde), with google I have to hope that they search for what I want. Sometimes google does, sometimes it does not. And if it doesn’t I’m out of luck unless I go into the settings and look for a way to tell it what to do.

Google automates, DDG leaves me to choose. I prefer the 2nd approach every time.

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Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo by zuhsetaqi on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:44PM (#25171734)

> Google automates, DDG leaves me to choose. I prefer the 2nd approach every time.

This is exactly why I like DDG way more than Google and why I love to use Alfred instead of Spotlight on my Mac. With DDG you have !bangs and with Alfred you also can tell him what you’re looking for. 99.9% of the time I know I’m looking for a file or a folder or a definition of a word or want to open an app or want to search the web etc. With Spotlight you’re stuck to the order Apple designed the results to show up

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Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo by benhurmarcel on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:11AM (#25135903)

It's also very useful to have that control when you live in another country. I'm in Spain now, but most of the time I want to search in English or even French. Google only gives you local results.

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Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo by fsflover on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:31AM (#25137144)

Alternatively, you can go to the settings [0] and create a special URL: https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=de-de.

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/settings

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Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo by Pyramus on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:10AM (#25134264)

Thank you for the !ddgde bang - I face exactly the same problem as you.

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