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It's Lent, so I just searched for "Fish Tacos" and clicked on Map. It showed four places, none of which are anywhere near me. I click on Directions and it takes me to Bing.

Do the same thing on Google, see a dozen places in my neighborhood, and I get Google Maps navigation.

What do you get in your searches for Fish Tacos? Do you have a better experience with DDG?

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I'm a die-hard DDG fan, but for some things -- particularly mapping related issues -- google maps is so superior. I append a !gm to my searches for stores and it automatically opens in google maps.

Google Maps has a number of features that contribute to that:

* maps timeline (location recording)

* maps "local guides" status with

* Gamification for POI data enrichment

* Google Survey app with payouts per survey finished

Don't make the assumption that a privacy-centered search engine is going to look at your location data. Add your location to the query itself.

Yeah, but it did. It knew where I was, based off of IP I presume.

I'm surprised by that. I guess I shouldn't make the assumption that a privacy-centered search engine isn't going to look at your location data.

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