Why doesn't DuckDuckGo return any results for "PeerTube"?
Why doesn't DuckDuckGo return any results for "PeerTube"?
Even more strange is that when I type "PeerTube", some suggestions appear, but searching any of them will end up back on the "no results found" page.
The suggestions:
Searching one of them:
It has been a few weeks since I first encountered this issue. I've tried again and again, but it never worked.
Is Peertube banned iny our country? maybe you're typing in a URL?
Works for me too
Also remember that DDG is basically a private frontend to bing, just as much as Startpage is a frontend to google.
If bing has any problem with peertube in OP's country, DDG will have too
It is? Aw maan, I thought ddg is something independend. Now I might have to look for another search engine again.
I just tried it with a VPN and it worked. Turning it off and refreshing the resulted in no results again.
But I can open https://joinpeertube.org/ without a VPN. This confuses me.
which DNS are you using when not conneted to a VPN?
You could be dealing with a Spyware poisoning your search engine results or it's done on a large scale deep packet inspection on the networks you're using.
In the meantime I recommend Searx, it's an open-source metasearch engine.
Just to be clear Duckduckgo isn't at fault & always uses a VPN it's the least you can do to protect yourself online (If there are financial struggles ProtonVPN is a free & open source reliable alternative.).
I don't think so... let me try with a VPN.
This appears to be a duckduckgo bug. Peertube shows up in ddg for me, but I've had a few simple searches that randomly gives no results in ddg. I usually switch to ecosia when ddg gives no results.
well, you posted a screenshot searching not for "peertube" but for "peertube instance".
nonetheless, both work for me in DDG:
peertube
peertube instances
perhaps it's blocked by your isp?
Searching "PeerTube" doesn't return any results. peertube (all lower case) doesn't return anything either. What's funny is that "pertube" returns the correct results for "PeerTube". It seems like it works like this: If the IP requesting the search is from my country and it's searching PeerTube or peertube it's going to block the search. But why should it?! PeerTube isn't blocked here. YouTube is though.
Might be a duckduckgo bug, but have you tried another search engine to see if it works there?
Yes, I tried with SearX, and it worked.
Then with that testing, either ddg filters results, or your ISP doesn't want you to use ddg.
Edit, or it is because they use bing. But use searx and be free.
What is your safe search setting set to on duck duck go?
If it is set to strict it will result in no results but if you set it to moderate it will return results.
It was on moderate. Turning it off didn't make any changes.
It is weird that your snapshots don't have the safe search options shown like mine and everyone elses. Do you have any content filters or anything like that on your devices or internet? They could be forcing it to be strict even if you choose otherwise.
You’re in Safe search: strict mode. It probably thinks it’s a term for porn and therefore blocks it completely. Set it to moderate or off and you’ll get results.
Seems fine from here. Top result is https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances which makes sense as a top result.
If you want to extend your search add !s to it. With this you change your search request to any website you want.
(!s = startpage, !g = google, a for amazon, b for bing and maybe you find your favorite website in this !bang feature)
I get results searching for peertube on DDG.
Have you ever tried SearxNG? It's a foss meta-search engine that anyone can host an instance of, or you can use some one else's instance.
Add more links for contexts that this lazy one omitted:
Why should I use SearxNG? SearxNG has rolling releases, dependencies updated more frequently, and engines are fixed faster. It is easy to set up your own public instance, and monitor its performance and metrics. It is simple to maintain as an instance administrator. As a user, it provides a prettier user interface and nicer experience.
