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by rayvy 2750 days ago
> The problem with duckduckgo is that you are searching for something specific or something you saw months ago and don't remember well then google's index and tracking can be useful.

At this point I don't treat search engines as some sort of dichotomy (Google or DDG or Edge, etc). Rather, I try to use them as a nice blend : Google for when I'm throwing darts at the dartboard and have no idea what I'm looking for, DDG for when I know exactly what I'm looking for (to the point where I can type in the url), so on and so forth.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using multiple search platforms. Obviously Google is great for when you don't really quite know what you're looking for, but if I want to read Deadspin, typing "deadspin.com" into Google will be the exact same experience on DDG.

Seeing as how most people visit the same websites over and over again, it doesn't make since to just have 1 single search engine (e.g., a Google).
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dhimes 2749 days ago
I use ddg as my primary, and one thing it's brilliant at is Mozilla Dev Network. I append my question with mdn (not !mdn- the bang uses mozilla's search and it's not as good) and I usually get my answer at the top. DDG is so reliable now that when I occasionally do have trouble in, say, a non-mdn related search) I fool around a while before I remember that I can try google.
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Larrikin 2750 days ago
Sounds like it would be nice to have a resurrection of Dogpile with a combination of Google and DDG.
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IIsi50MHz 2748 days ago
searx offers this, has multiple independent servers, and you can even run your own if you don't trust any of them not to aggregate/sell your search data. One is searx.me (which is almost like telling someooe "Search me!" when you mean "I dunno.").

Startpage is basic'ly Google results, but the filter bubble is "all Startpage users". Also brings back some of the search operators that Google disabled.

Qwant is a European search engine that brags about privacy, but the results are hit-and-miss for me so far...haven't used it much.

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striking 2750 days ago
You can use the !g bang to search Google from ddg.
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