content: Effectiveness of DuckDuckGo seems to be declining The engine used to be quite handy for queries regarding "conspiracy" stuff and alternative media.  While the engine was effective for the most part up to a couple months ago, that seems to be diminishing. Results are now irrelevant or debunking stuff and you have to dig for what was actually being looked for. Even when using quotation marks for emphasis does not do much to solve this problem.    First of all, are others noticing this trend? It is starting to become time to look for more effective, privacy oriented alternatives.