Once I internalized "just add !g if the results suck" using ddg became practical for me. And I don't know if it's me or ddg actually improves over time but I feel like I'm doing it less and less.

Sometimes Google seems to be better at guessing the context especially if you search for C and some other term that has a bunch of different meanings.

Yeah, it's been months since I tried searching Google for something and the last few times I didn't find anything better than what DDG was giving me.

!g is wonderfully helpful (but not too common for me).

I find it pretty funny that I automatically add !g when the Google results suck as well.