[dimator]

I must be in the minority here, but even after trying ddg exclusively, I find myself doing !g all the time, to the point where I just switched back.

I do many technical searches throughout the day, and ddg falls short basically every time. Google is always closer to the mark with my search intent, with for example, deep links to stack overflow answers that ddg misses.

[quesera]

I've read so many people say this, but it does not match my experience at all.

I use DDG 100% of the time, and maybe retry on another search engine a couple times per month.

There's clearly some difference, but I don't know what it is:

- Search topic (my searches are mostly tech-related, but other family members are also happy on DDG)

- Query style (I may be a bit literal/keyword-inclined, but others are more conversational)

- Location?

[anfilt]

I honestly find it interesting people have trouble with duckduckgo. Although, the one thing I have found lacking is their exact phrase search. For exact queries I end up having to add !g the query. Otherwise, I find myself rarely needing to use google.

[quesera]

Exact phrases, even when quoted?

[anfilt]

Yes, when quoted.

[frakkingcylons]

My experience is the same, I eventually just switched my default search to Startpage