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Comment by Ziggy_Zaggy | Hacker News Reader

Ppl still use Google for searches?

Mind.blown.

I have DDG as my search portal, and pretty much every single search is followed by another with !g on it. The results are terrible. So please recommend something better.

I've been trying to use DDG for over a year now and it's not all roses either. Very frequent !g's.

Overall it feels a little bit like self-flagellation which I'm hoping is for the greater good, that DDG's algo will improve with use and eventually I won't need !g anymore.

Maybe DDG needs a browser extension that let's you seamlessly provide feedback with every !g to teach them what you were actually looking for.

>Maybe DDG needs a browser extension that let's you seamlessly provide feedback with every !g to teach them what you were actually looking for.

You are calling it seamlessly providing feedback because it is DDG. If this was about Google or Facebook, it could have sounded closer to 'tracking users'.

Yup, I hate DDG at this point. While having it as my main search on every browser/device. If there are better alternatives I'd love to know about them.

At the very least, you could use !s (for StartPage) to get Google’s results without the tracking.

My experience is DDG results are ok, I only use g! on porn searches sometimes. I dont miss google search at all.

Yes and people still watch TV.

Did you think your feigned ignorance was insightful? Google has 86% market share.

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