Re: Google vs. DDG
On 14-03-2021 06:58, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Felix Miata [2021-03-13 15:44:50] wrote:
>> Charlie Gibbs composed on 2021-03-13 11:04 (UTC-0800):
>>> (DuckDuckGo works fine for searches.)
>> I use Google and DDG. It's not unusual here to have DDG to return 0 hits, and the
>> exact same search repeated in Google return multiple good hits.
>
> The choice of DuckDuckGo is usually not based on the quality of the
> results it offers ;-)
It wasn't my initial priority for switching, some years ago now, but
from somebody who does a lot of research, it's all I need.
I only use things like Google scholar for bibliography references, along
with other sources.
Any organisation who participates in dinner parties with the President
(from whichever party) doesn't dine with me.
http://www.financetwitter.com/2011/02/obama-dinner-steve-jobs-mark-zuckerberg-are-vvip.html
Cheers!
Harry
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