I tried out DDG and it didnt work(duckduckgo.com)

2 pointsby jtalvor 16 Jahren3 comments

http://duckduckgo.com/?q=breast+cancer

After reading the "Giving up on Google" post on robsheldon.com I decided to give it a try.

Unfortunately, my first search, "breast cancer", resulted in no relevant results. Searching for "breast" explains that "safe search" is on.

1. Why, in 2010, would something called "safe search" block breast cancer queries? I could understand if it was 1997...

2. Why am I only alerted if all my keywords are on the black list? Shouldnt people searching for "breast cancer" know that 50% of their query keywords are being filtered out?

2 comments

shajithvor 16 Jahren

You should try giving feedback about the query, Gabriel's usually prompt in responding to issues.

spooneybargervor 16 Jahren

how did it not work?

jamesbkelvor 16 Jahren

I'm guessing this refers to DDG censoring the search to "cancer" from "breast cancer" since safe-search was on. However, when it's in safe-search the top link is to reverse that setting.