ken_b
msg:4526426 | 11:56 pm on Dec 9, 2012 (gmt 0) |
They apparently don't like my site, or..... whatever.
In the last 30 days, only one (1) referral from them shows up in my stats.
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zeus
msg:4526427 | 11:59 pm on Dec 9, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I also dont get that many visits, but that could change overtime, as google is more a database of peoples interest for ads, then a search engine and who knows where Bing goes, they also copy part of google results.
So a real alternative right now is DuckDuckgo
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ken_b
msg:4526429 | 12:03 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I "Googled it"
I "Binged it"
I "DuckDuckgoed it?
DuckDuckgo it
Google it
Bing it
Sometimes names matter.
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zeus
msg:4526434 | 12:09 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
yes the name suck, but how about
duck it
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lucy24
msg:4526443 | 12:30 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
It makes you suspect the designer asked his 4-year-old to come up with the name. Wouldn't be the first time.
I fed in a search phrase (not a text string) that's guaranteed to bring me in at #1. I am content :)
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BeeDeeDubbleU
msg:4526555 | 9:09 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Coud have been. Apparently it was called after duck duck goose.
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:4526557 | 9:13 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Nevermind the name, people have been touting it for a while now. If it's a sleeping giant of search someone should wake it up...
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topr8
msg:4526565 | 9:48 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
i use it all the time and the results are good.
it will be hard for anyone to take market share from google though
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zeus
msg:4526573 | 11:12 am on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Take market share from Google? I think that is already happening, I know more and more that just dont like google anymore, not for the search results this time, but be cause of there way of doing business over the last years. I as webmaster also notice I use it less and less when I really looking for something, I just check my rankings on google and test a few keywords. When searching I use DuckDuckgo or Bing.
First, I notice, that I dont see any keyword stuffing on DDG which is getting on my nerves when I do a search.
Secound, I just like the results better it looks for real.
Third,Its not stuffed, with images, videos, google+.....
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SevenCubed
msg:4526628 | 4:29 pm on Dec 10, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I've been using a variety of engines for a while now and it's refreshing -- DuckDuckGo is among them, but they aren't really quacked up on local search, takes then the longest to get new sites indexed also.
I "Googled it"
I "Binged it"
I "DuckDuckgoed it? |
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Local search = YellowPages = "I found it"
I have to give credit where credit is due. Google retrained my mind by crowding first page of local search results with directories, primarily YellowPages. Now I just go directly to the YP website and search there by-passing search engines. I don't even bother with Google at all anymore except to check SERPs for my sites. I'm free :)
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zeus
msg:4538025 | 5:28 pm on Jan 21, 2013 (gmt 0) |
I have now only used duckduckgo.com for all my searches for 3 Month, just used google to check sites ranking. I must say DDG is fully up to my expectation, I REALLY dont miss google one bit, I find everything im looking for. I dont have to browse domain stuffing, videos, news, images....
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Shepherd
msg:4585284 | 9:19 am on Jun 18, 2013 (gmt 0) |
From what little I've used DDG, I find them to be pretty good.
They seem to be getting a boost right now in the U.S. with all the spying stuff going on here: [searchengineland.com...]
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engine
msg:4585745 | 2:44 pm on Jun 19, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Actually, that's way behind. DDG is now over 3 million searches.
[twitter.com...]
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lucy24
msg:4585831 | 6:35 pm on Jun 19, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| In the last 30 days, only one (1) referral from them shows up in my stats. |
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Same here-- only this time the stats in question are for my test site, which is 100% roboted-out and gets only two or three human visitors a week. So one referral in a month may be statistically meaningful.
Anyone happen to know what "kh" means in DDG search results? Can't be position in SERP, because it's got a negative value :)
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dstiles
msg:4585858 | 8:01 pm on Jun 19, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Although DDG used to run their own bot (and I think still do) I think they now include results from other SEs - ie they have become a semi-meta engine. Looking through the site, though, there is almost no information about their operation and nothing I could find about other-engine-use so I may be wrong. Certainly their webmaster information appears to be lacking.
I have no idea whether they are still collecting data. I haven't seen their bot for a while. Anyone know what IP range (if any, now)? I have a User-Agent of DuckDuckBot.
I notice they no longer seem to have the continual-rolling-results that they used to have and which G copied for a while.
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:4585862 | 8:05 pm on Jun 19, 2013 (gmt 0) |
dstiles, they do have their own crawler, and also use other engines.
[help.duckduckgo.com...]
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