Comment on I think DuckDuckGo would do better changing that Quack of a nameparentComments−pavanlimo13yAs a matter of fact, not everything has to be about mainstream audience, it depends on the product.http://scholar.google.co.in is not meant to be a mainstream product.Where as http://google.com/search is a mainstream product. And DDG thinks itself as Google's competitor with a heart for privacy, that's their USP.So yes, as far as DDG is concerned, mainstream matters. It's a generic search engine, not a vertical for scholars or the like.
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As a matter of fact, not everything has to be about mainstream audience, it depends on the product.
http://scholar.google.co.in is not meant to be a mainstream product.
Where as http://google.com/search is a mainstream product. And DDG thinks itself as Google's competitor with a heart for privacy, that's their USP.
So yes, as far as DDG is concerned, mainstream matters. It's a generic search engine, not a vertical for scholars or the like.