This is, of course, part of the whole devil's bargain we have with Google. And DDG doesn't have a way to create a DDG account, or leave reviews directly from DDG. Because Yelp is, of course, its own site. If I want to see the reviews, I've got to follow the link to Yelp, as opposed to Google's very handy pop-up. Wouldn’t you rather have a hyper local practical option for your smoothies than something a bit inconvenient?

To any SEO specialists out there that are just getting in the game and find themselves frustrated as to why they can’t rank better in a different geo-targeted local result, this is why proximity is the primary ranking factor in their results. If I'm ever out that way, sure, but it's not much help to me if I want a smoothie for breakfast. I can actually see myself making that drive.ĭuckDuckGo's top result is 20 minutes away and demands a harrowing trip down an interstate I don't enjoy driving at all, or a bus trip. I happen to love smoothies, so I chose to search for 'smoothies near me.' Here’s my my side-by-side comparison between DuckDuckGo and Google.Īs you can see, DuckDuckGo knows I'm somewhere in the Seattle metro area.īut Google actually puts the closest place right on top, 14 minutes away from my location, a short drive down a well-paved state highway. The local results were especially touch-and-go.įor example, I recently moved to an entirely different state, and am still searching for various services. Frustrated enough that I switched back to Google within just two weeks. Spoiled as I've been by Google's level of quality, I personally started to get frustrated quickly. I'm not the only one who had this experience. These might not be major problems for many people, but I spend 90% of my day creating content, which means lots of searches, especially news searches.

Routinely.Īnd I found, in general and as an overall feeling rather than anything I have specific examples for, that my searches didn't match my intent nearly as well as Google does. Maybe the theory is nobody would read more than ten - but I do. Note the distinct lack of 'additional results.'

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