I have serious issues about DDG search results when it comes to accuracy.
For example, when I want to search for the documentation for the Ecto library in Elixir, I search for "elixir ecto" on Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=elixir+ecto
Top result is what I want. Second result is the Github page. Third result is the wiki on Github.
Perfect.
This is what I get for the same search result on DDG:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ecto+elixir
Totally irrelevant results. Why isn't DDG able to deduce what I'm actually searching for?
Even when I search explicitly for "elixir ecto docs" I still don't get the results I want:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ecto+elixir+docs&ia=web
So yeah, DDG is basically unusable for me, at least for these types of use cases. I get the privacy benefits but IMO if a search engine is failing at its core job then everything else is pointless.
For example, when I want to search for the documentation for the Ecto library in Elixir, I search for "elixir ecto" on Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=elixir+ecto
Top result is what I want. Second result is the Github page. Third result is the wiki on Github.
Perfect.
This is what I get for the same search result on DDG:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ecto+elixir
Totally irrelevant results. Why isn't DDG able to deduce what I'm actually searching for?
Even when I search explicitly for "elixir ecto docs" I still don't get the results I want:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ecto+elixir+docs&ia=web
So yeah, DDG is basically unusable for me, at least for these types of use cases. I get the privacy benefits but IMO if a search engine is failing at its core job then everything else is pointless.