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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by amitamb on Thursday November 22, 2012 @01:53AM (#4817810)
Although you might be right about DuckDuckGo and similar search engines, the article is not claiming that DuckDuckGo is best search engine in the world since it is subjective. It is up to user to make that choice, and given the network effects, that won't happen unless user can easily switch to it. It is about making it even harder for a supposedly better search engine than Google to acquire users.
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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by adventured on Thursday November 22, 2012 @02:00AM (#4817827)
Did Google win because users were able to easily switch the default search engine in IE to Google? No.

I remember the first times I used Google. It was like magic compared to AltaVista, Yahoo (Inktomi), etc.

DDG has no edge to offer, no 'magic.'

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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by ernesth on Thursday November 22, 2012 @02:32AM (#4817900)
I remember the first times I used Google, there was no default search engine, hence a far more open situation.
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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by adventured on Thursday November 22, 2012 @02:59AM (#4817969)
Switching search engines is ridiculously easy. There aren't many things related to tech so easy; no sign up, no user names or passwords necessary, no network effects required, no need to share your FB or Twitter account. Just go, type, and search.

Firefox managed to severely dent IE in a similar default situation, despite needing to be downloaded and installed, which is a huge effort wall compared to using a search engine. Ditto for Chrome.

If you build a superior engine I have no doubt users will type the address in manually or bookmark it or even go through the couple clicks it takes to switch defaults.

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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by jiggy2011 on Thursday November 22, 2012 @05:42AM (#4818287)
Well Chrome is the most popular browser and I have no idea how I would change my default search engine in it.

This is important because I almost never search by going to google.com and typing a search term. The location bar does this automatically using google.

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Re:Google competitor DuckDuckGo says it's getting shut out by magicalist on Thursday November 22, 2012 @06:06AM (#4818346)
the easiest way is to right click on the location bar, but, I hope unsurprisingly, you'll find the setting for the default search engine in Settings, under "Search".
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