I've been using it as my default search engine for a couple of months now, and it's been great. The only thing I find myself missing from Google is image search.
What really makes DuckDuckGo so great is the bang syntax. Searching for '!foo bar' will automatically redirect you to another search engine for your search (e.g. '!cpan mechanize'). Here are a few I use frequently:
!google - Google
!images - Google Images
!cpan - Perl CPAN
!perldoc - The Perldocs
Duck Duck Go makes it so easy to search everything.
!google and !images also exist as !g and !i. Additionally, if you're concerned with privacy (as I assume you are, if you use DDG), then I can recommend !scroogle (or !s).
What really makes DuckDuckGo so great is the bang syntax. Searching for '!foo bar' will automatically redirect you to another search engine for your search (e.g. '!cpan mechanize'). Here are a few I use frequently: !google - Google !images - Google Images !cpan - Perl CPAN !perldoc - The Perldocs
Duck Duck Go makes it so easy to search everything.