[roflharrison]

>Duck Duck Go doesn’t do anything significantly different

Further to this, Duck Duck Go is targeting people who don't want to be bubbled and tracked, which is completely different to the other search engines.

Having said that, I tried Duck Duck Go for a few weeks and found it wasn't giving me the results I wanted (there's a !bang for Google but that seems a little silly).

[oscar-the-horse]

Blekko.com has granular and optional tracking preferences.

Duck Duck Go doesn't have as much data as Google, and probably don't crawl as deeply. This is another factor that hinders their competitiveness.

If they want to compete they should look to more nascent data sources; rather than going down the path of destructive competition.