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		dmix 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo DDG is great for literal searches. You can use !g for more exploratory stuff where google tries to guess what you want instead

baobun 3 months ago [–]

I've noticed literal searches really went to crap for my DDG searches just the last month or two. Lots of gaps and sometimes empty results when there are relevant matches out there.

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