First, I commend you for taking this major step to protecting your privacy. News like this makes you wonder why Google is aggressively chasing personal data.
I've been using DDG for the past 2 years as my default search engine.
My experience with it so far has been nothing short of great. In the duration I have been using DDG as my primary search engine, I have needed to search on Google only 2 times. This is a testament to how great DDG is as a search engine.
Lastly, DDG supports shortcuts, called bangs, for searching other search engines. Example:
First, I commend you for taking this major step to protecting your privacy. News like this makes you wonder why Google is aggressively chasing personal data.
I've been using DDG for the past 2 years as my default search engine.
My experience with it so far has been nothing short of great. In the duration I have been using DDG as my primary search engine, I have needed to search on Google only 2 times. This is a testament to how great DDG is as a search engine.
Lastly, DDG supports shortcuts, called bangs, for searching other search engines. Example:
!g testwill search Google fortest!gh testwill search GitHub fortest!a testwill search Amazon fortestMore details here: duckduckgo.com/bang
I love the bangs! There's so many as well so I often try to guess new bangs, like
!laravelor 1 of my most common!mdnGenuine question : How is using
!g testto search Googletest(from DDG) different from directly using Google ?It's not different.
It's just a matter of convenience that you are able to search on other platforms (if you need it) without having to first navigate to other platforms.