Here's a real example that just occurred. A Search for "jquery select visited anchor" on DDG returns the jquery selectors docs first (okay match) and jquery.com match second (useless). A search on google.com, the first 2 results are SO answers that answer exactly my question.
My point isn't specifically you rank SO lower than it should imo (although i do think this is the case) - its in general, for me, you return roots of homepages or brands at hte top when the query is clearly looking for something very specific.
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Here's a real example that just occurred. A Search for "jquery select visited anchor" on DDG returns the jquery selectors docs first (okay match) and jquery.com match second (useless). A search on google.com, the first 2 results are SO answers that answer exactly my question.
My point isn't specifically you rank SO lower than it should imo (although i do think this is the case) - its in general, for me, you return roots of homepages or brands at hte top when the query is clearly looking for something very specific.
I'm not seeing that result set at all. Do you have a region set? I'd appreciate emailing me a screen shot if you don't mind at yegg@duckduckgo.com
Btw, we index SO ourselves, e.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nginx+apache
We just have a high bar to show it, but are working on that piece so it comes up more. It's also full punctuation.
Email sent, but for other readers' reference, shots taken in anon chrome:
ddg: http://i.minus.com/iKakLPppwCv14.jpg
google: http://i.minus.com/iZvY24AxfnHRR.jpg