I loved DDG because it was a one person champion fighting a giant. And the attempt was very sincere and determined.
I tried switching to DDG for a week. But went back to Google.
Reasons:
- Relevance: Google gives me high relevance, very high. Restaurant:Food-Quality::Search-Engine:Relevance.
- Speed: Google works in milliseconds. Instant search + search intents also add value.
- Gives me rich map results. Also switching to Maps/Image searches with same search term help. DDG doesn't.
Positives of DDG which are actually not:
- Not bubbling up. I WANT the search engine to know that I'm a hacker. When I search for ruby, it is a programming language. I see value in bubbling up.
- Keyboard shortcuts - Good value. But I don't go for more than 3 results in Google. So just a single tab and enter works.
- Bang syntax - Chrome's search keyword replaces it.
Definite plus:
- User experience : DDG is much cleaner than Google.
I tried switching to DDG for a week. But went back to Google.
Reasons:
- Relevance: Google gives me high relevance, very high. Restaurant:Food-Quality::Search-Engine:Relevance.
- Speed: Google works in milliseconds. Instant search + search intents also add value.
- Gives me rich map results. Also switching to Maps/Image searches with same search term help. DDG doesn't.
Positives of DDG which are actually not:
- Not bubbling up. I WANT the search engine to know that I'm a hacker. When I search for ruby, it is a programming language. I see value in bubbling up.
- Keyboard shortcuts - Good value. But I don't go for more than 3 results in Google. So just a single tab and enter works.
- Bang syntax - Chrome's search keyword replaces it.
Definite plus:
- User experience : DDG is much cleaner than Google.