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cLeEOGPw
So far of using it I checked same results from google from time to time. So far top results always seem to be almost the same.
anoncow
That is because they source results from Bing and Yandex(and also their own index).

I wish them all the best. Prosper DDG!

http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216399

stephengillie
I wish them well too, and talk about them to privacy-minded friends, but I dont use them personally because I almost always wind up going to Google anyway...

Edit: Its been some months, Ill give them another try.

serf
I didn't really embrace DDG until I got the hang of all the bang commands. Make an effort to try those out and maybe you'll find the same.
omaranto
I'm not sure I get the advantage of DDG's bang commands over using browser search keywords. I have one or two letter keywords for the few site specific searches I occasionally use (I find I use Google for almost everything, these others rarely, for very specific things). With bang commands I don't get to pick the mnemonic and it is often more than 2 letters. Also, for some people bang commands simply might not cover all of their specific searches (I just checked that they do for me, but, as I said, with much longer syntax than my browser keywords).
Sundog
There's something to be said for being in the right place at the right time, but they've done a great job of going above and beyond to embrace this moment. Great work.
kwestro
I tried it, and the results aren't up to par with whatever I'm searching. They'll be forced to relinquish data like all the other companies when they get big enough.
Samuel_Michon
If they’re not saving any user data, relinquishing all their user data to the NSA won’t be a problem.
superuser2
Until the NSA requires them to save it.
throwaway10001
Google knows what you searched for and what sites you visited on 06/20/2012. DDG, I doubt it. Guess which one is NSA #1 love?
uxwtf
Tried this service out searching for the data they have on me. The first impression was: Why some of my old files appear on the top?
stevejohnson
I've noticed that people seem to think DDG is the only good privacy-conscious search engine out there. Lately I've been using StartPage[1], which simply passes through anonymized Google search results. So you don't have the same quality degradation as using DDG, and therefore never need to degrade your privacy for better results with !g.

[1] https://startpage.com/eng/protect-privacy.html

mauriziopd
you don't need to degrade your privacy just do !sp to go to startpage
dhx
The "world's most private search engine" pops up the following error message when searching:

"You may be using a privacy-oriented browser extension that conflicts with Startpage. Please disable this extension and try your search again. If this does not help, please contact us at (212) 447-1100 (USA) or autoquery @ ixquick.com."

Not a good look.