When I first tried DDG - more than 5 years ago - it was worse. I was unable to find the answers I needed and ended up back at google. I tried off and on a few times over the years, and about a year ago I found it good enough to switch. The few times DDG doesn't find what I need I tried google: it too failed to find what I needed.
In short, if you last tried DDG a long time ago try again, it is much better.
The few times DDG doesn't find what I need I tried google: it too failed to find what I needed.
I used to be one of those people who when I couldn't find something on the duck would repeat the search with Google. But more and more, especially in the last six months, if I can't find it on Duck, it's not on Google, either.
Duck gives me irrelevant results to those queries. Google gives me irrelevant pop-culture results to those queries.
> if you last tried DDG a long time ago try again, it is much better.
Very much true. Even moreso as of the last 6 months DDG has been even better for some things, especially if they are political in any way. You'll find some crap sites on DDG but you'll also find what you're looking for. Sometimes I want to find crap sites or non-mainstream stuff, and only DDG surfaces that. I do fear a bit tho once DDG gains more popularity, the SEO games may not be kind to DDG.
In short, if you last tried DDG a long time ago try again, it is much better.