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Though this is a good move, DuckDuckGo should really try and work toward taking ownership of http://ddg.com.

With the 'D' and 'G' key separated by just one key in between on a standard QWERTY keyboard, this should really make it exponentially easier to get to DuckDuckGo's homepage.

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Tangential to your point (.com is far more widely recognized) ddg.gg is what I use because it is so much easier.

Even practical, since in browsers you can type "ddg" and press ctrl-enter and have it do the .com for you. I've found it's easier to just make ddg my default search engine though ;)

thank you! I love hot keys.

I believe hot keys win wars (partial reference to Starcraft/Warcraft)

I rarely type in duckduckgo.com. I just enter the search keyword into the URL bar and it takes me to DDG.

It’s definitely a “you need to know in advance” rather than an easily discoverable feature, but they do own ddg.gg.

also ddg.co

Does it really matter though? I generally only have to type it once on a new computer to add it to my web browser's search engine list (if it's not already there, which IIRC is the case in Firefox at least). Having a memorable name is much more important IMO.

On the Dvorak keyboard, ddg is also super easy to type! (QWERTY keys equivalent: `hhu`)

They already have ddg.gg which is even easier to input. Not that owning ddg.com as well would be a bad thing, though.

"ddg.gg" is quite awkward if you ask me... or am I the only one who finds repeated letters harder to type than alternating ones?

Also ddg.co

ddg.gg is the easiest to type, but would be a strange URL to send to a (non technical) person.

Sticking with the name DuckDuckGo is a dead end. So they should forget about that domain.

Exponentially?

dgg.gg also forwards to duckduckgo.com

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