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Using DuckDuckGo As Your Default Search Engine
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Excellent video Gary, I am going to try Duck Duck Go out on all my devices, iMac, iPad & iPhone and see how it goes.
Thanks for the continuing informative videos.
Mike
I have been using DuckDuckGo since it came out. Think it is fabulous and I love the knowledge that they collect nothing about me when I search the Internet. It is fast and they keep adding new features.
DuckDuckgo worked for two hours then the server failed I am back with Google pity really as it looked like a good interface. Unreliable?
I've used Duck exclusively for at least 6 months. No problems at all. I didn't know about Bangs, tho. Thanks for the info!
Thanks Gary. I'd never heard of this browser. I just tried it and liked it because of the high ranking it gave my site.
From the crime shows I've seen I guess for anyone plotting a murder this would be a better browser to go with. Once your a suspect and the law confiscates your hard drive you're fried! Just joking people.
Tried to get my friend to use DuckDuckGo but the poor love is using an old MacBook... Sigh... I think he's got to use Snow Leopard on his Mac, so can I get his ancient Safari version to use DDG?
Your friend can simply go to the DuckDuckGo web site and perform searches there. Make it his home page if that is easier.
Duck Duck Go looks interesting so I will give it a try. However, isn't it true that each search engine produces a different array of searches? i.e If I go to Google, I get a list, and if I go to Yahoo, I will likely get a different list with overlaps?
Yes, they are different search engines so use different data and algorithms. You'll get different results for each, and they all change over time.
Hi Gary,
Is their any way to tell if they really don't track you or if this is just hype to get you to go to their site. I like the way the menu changes at the top depending on what you are searching for like for Avril Lavigne I had the option of filtering products, audio and images but I got other things when I searched for refrigerator. I really like the ! feature. I already forgot what it was called but it is awesome.
Well, you can look at what cookies they set and analyze how they change. You can also monitor the data going back an forth. But it would be pretty risky of them to lie about something like that because it would be easy for an IT expert to analyze the network data and call them out.
Duckduckgo I use all the time
How do you remove the search history on a iPhone 6 plus. If you could tell me how to remove it or direct me to some software I would appreciate it.
Go to your History and there is a Clear button at the bottom of the screen. You can also do it in the Settings app, under Safari.
I had never heard of it before this video, thanks Gary, will give it a try, but wouldn't set it as my default search engine, still Google till it is proven that Duck is better...
You COULD use DuckDuckGo and switch to Google once in a while using the term (a.k.a. "bang") !g in front of the regular search term.
It´s even possible to set things up on a computer, and add a "password" (but no account/username).
You could then use this password to get the same settings on other computers and mobile devices.
I´ll have a look at that !bangs, didn't really know of them.
Thanks for the hints!
I used DuckDuckgo to find this site. When I went to subscribe to the newsletter, it already KNEW what email I was going to use......More privacy? I don't think so.
The two have nothing to do with each other. Your browser was simply filling in your email address into a field that was asking for an email address. That has nothing to do with the search engine you used to find the site.