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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by watwut on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:56PM (#48300542)
I find that weird assumption. Why would you expect HN people not do such searches? They worked for years.

And you frequently ended up finding a discussion forum with around that question and relevant discussion under it.

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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by WarmWash on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:53PM (#48303388)
Because OG tech nerds would google like

Forum hiking warm socks backpacking trail running

Which was basically a structured programmatic query that activated the old google algo just right.

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