Duck Duck Go - a search engine implemented in Perl

Duck Duck Go is a search engine that I have found impressive for a few reasons. First, it uses AJAX to automatically get the next page when you scroll to the bottom of the search results. Next, it finds highly relevant results. Finally, it's nice ot see something this large implemented in Perl.

The mantra of every experienced web application developer is the same: thou shalt separate business logic from display. Ironically, almost all template engines allow violation of this separation principle, which is the very impetus for HTML template engine development.

-- Terence Parr, "Enforcing Strict Model View Separation in Template Engines"

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Re: Duck Duck Go - a search engine implemented in Perl by wazoox (Prior) on Jul 13, 2010 at 11:27 UTC
See this interesting blog post from Duck duck Go author on its architecture.	[reply]
Re: Duck Duck Go - a search engine implemented in Perl by mulander (Monk) on Aug 05, 2010 at 08:05 UTC
I find the signal to noise ration on Duck Duck Go extremely good. Most technical queries bring far better results than Google queries that additionally are optimized by using +"keyword" and -"keyword" syntax and more operators. The developer is quite open about his project, often dropping interesting bits of information along with plenty of code. Like the following URL containing the code he uses to integrate with WolframAlpha (Open sourced).	[reply]
Re^2: Duck Duck Go - a search engine implemented in Perl by metaperl (Curate) on Aug 05, 2010 at 19:21 UTC
Goliath has taken on a giant and is doing quite well. But the reason I end up going back to google is that the searches are integrated with maps so well. Plus I hope to own an android-based phone so why not let Google take over my life? beats microsoft :) The mantra of every experienced web application developer is the same: thou shalt separate business logic from display. Ironically, almost all template engines allow violation of this separation principle, which is the very impetus for HTML template engine development. -- Terence Parr, "Enforcing Strict Model View Separation in Template Engines"	[reply]