| Wow, so many people talking about how DDG is lacking good search results. Here's my personal experience.
I've tried using DDG 2 years ago, and it sucked. In my language (italian) results were poor, and also for general searches. 6 Months ago I gave it a try again, and I've been pleased enough to use it both at work, at home and on my smartphone. The results are not always perfect, but I find myself using !g bang mainly when I feel there's something missing (which doesn't happen that much) or when I need to find a very selective piece of information. I also loved the integration with stack overflow. Works nicely, it doesn't always "answer" your question, but just yesterday it did and the moment was like "wow, it's getting interesting". So, while I admit that DDG may not be ready for prime time yet, I guess there's a chance that many of us (developers, etc) might start liking it and using it constantly. While it would be naive to say "I wouldn't go back to google", I'm now an happy user of DDG, and I wasn't expecting it to begin with (In fact I was very skeptical). |