Feature #17652
Consider using DuckDuckGo for search queries on our website
0%
Description
It’s been discussed a bit on Bug #9900 but this was years ago and we haven’t improve our internal search in the meantime.
I want to:
- Compare the quality of the results of both on common search queries.
- Check for possible changes on the DuckDuckGo technology/policy (and maybe ask them a favor).
- Lead the discussion on whether we are ok with sharing our users searches with DuckDuckGo.
Subtasks
History
#1 Updated by sajolida 2020-04-23 16:36:38
- Description updated
#2 Updated by geb 2020-05-13 12:41:12
Hi,
> Compare the quality of the results of both on common search queries.
I regularly use duckduckgo or other search engines to search the tails website, with good results. I believe those good results are mostly related to the fact that compared to the website integrated search, duckduckgo & others, doesnt index, or give less weight to pages such as,
- Translated pages
- RecentChanges
- News (release news & monthly reports), especially old ones
- Technical documentation (contribute/design), blueprints, when I make simple “user” research queries.
Example of search strings: “upgrade”, “make”, “issue”, “problem”, “usb”, “mac”, “download”, “wifi”, “mail” [*], “metadata”.
[*] This one return claws mail security announcements :(
While duckduckgo & others are still not perfect regarding those examples. I found their results better (through maybe ikwiki search engine could be tweaked to acheive something similar).
One important point for me is also, the UX, I found duckduckgo’s one much more accessible and usuable for what I know of Tails userbase (or believe to be), and I am not sure ikwiki search engine could be easily improved regarding that.