How Often our Anti-spam Search Toolbar Blocks Sites

[epi0Bauqu]

http://duckduckgo.com/blog/how-often-our-anti-spam-search-toolbar-blocks-sites.html

[breck]

I don't know if I'll ever use duckduckgo, but I love the marketing approach: instead of advertising, create side projects or content that interest people. I find the blog content very interesting.

[epi0Bauqu → breck]

If you have anything you want us to write about, please let us know.

[dc2k08 → epi0Bauqu]

could you write about the reason for naming it 'duck duck go'? I see there is a game called duck duck goose. Is there a connection?

[epi0Bauqu → dc2k08]

Really it just popped in my head one day and I just liked it. It is certainly influenced/derived from Duck Duck Goose, but other than that there is no relation, e.g. a metaphor.

[noelchurchill]

I've never heard of duckduckgo.com, but I have to say I like it! Its less cluttered, and I like the way it asks to clarify what I'm looking for before returning results.

[epi0Bauqu → noelchurchill]

Thanks! If you try it out, e.g. for a week, we'd love your feedback. Feel free to email me anytime (contact info in profile).

[noelchurchill → epi0Bauqu]

When I click "add to chrome" nothing happens.

[epi0Bauqu → noelchurchill]

Did it get added in the background for you, i.e. if you go to options is it in the search engine drop down?

[noelchurchill → epi0Bauqu]

Just checked...nope.

[cdr]

I found the toolbar to be useless at best. I uninstalled it after a week.

It blocked maybe one "junk" domain and false positived on three.

And really, it's an even worse idea than NoScript - what harm is seeing ads on a parked domain going to do you every now and then?

[epi0Bauqu → cdr]

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience with our toolbar. The false positive rate is actually very low, but there is a subset of sites (new launches) where we still have some problems. Basically there is a time lag in our crawling. Unfortunately, this effects the HN (startup) crowd more than others.

A lot of people want to avoid parked domains and ads, hence the popularity of noscript. You do not appear to be one of these people :). So it probably wasn't for you in the first place.

[ajju]

I'm impressed with DDG. An ego search finds all the results Google does minus much of the crap.

How big is your team?

[epi0Bauqu → ajju]

Thanks! 2.

[miracle]

"Also, domains we don't cover (see [1]) are prevented from being sent to us at all."

So why sent it back at all?

[epi0Bauqu → miracle]

Not sure I understand the question. They aren't sent back to us.