The problem with 80-90% accurate results is that I'm never sure whether the results I'm seeing right now would have been better if I had opened Google for it - as a lot of times the answers are not in black and white to even claim they're "accurate". You are never sure without checking both results which one was more relevant. That uncertainty is stressful for me, so for now, sticking with Google.
That uncertainty is stressful for me, so for now, sticking with Google.
Google's answers are hardly black and white--part of being a developer, an engineer, or even just a high-functioning human being, is being able to synthesize an answer from several data sources of varying utility.
>The problem with 80-90% accurate results is that I'm never sure whether the results I'm seeing right now would have been better if I had opened Google for it
One could easily replace the word "Google" with "DuckDuckGo" and be facing the same quandary. In fact, having just realized that (I was in the same boat as you earlier today) I'm going to give DDG a shot and see how it holds up.
Sure, the same uncertainty could be applied to Google had it been a new player in the market and we hadn't developed a little 'trust' in its search results over all these years (not saying no else can beat them to it). I'm always looking out for new search engines, and may be one day DDG's search results will be better than Google's, just not at present for me.
wut? if you find what you're looking for then the results are fine. the google results seem to be deeper into forums but that comes from context. Google knows I'm a programmer so I get more tech related results on average.
Again, if ddg doesn't give me what I want I use !g to try google.
>> if you find what you're looking for then the results are fine
As a user I don't just want to find it, I want to find it easy. For example, the most (/more) relevant answer should be ranked 1st, not 12th on the second page. Also, a lot of times I'm trying to solve a difficult question - so the 'closer' it takes me to the real solution by combining more than one 'top' search results, the betters is the search engine quality. Also, I love how Google answers a lot of questions without visiting any website at all (on the top with its cards). I know it might be bad for the website whose information is probably being scraped, but it's better for me as a user.
