If duckduckgo doesn't do a good search you can always type "g! <search>" and it will search using google. I usually search duckduckgo first and then fall back to Google. The thing that made me quit google was the "controversial twiddler"[1] and their delisting of non corporate health sites[2].

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20723327

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20676755