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eppur_se_muova

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Wed May 13, 2026, 07:46 PM May 13

Are search engines going off-line today ? I can't get a response from either Ecosia or DuckDuckGo.

DU's search engine is DDG, and it seems to be working AFAIK. But if I try to go to DDG's home page, it never connects.

ETA: I'm running Firefox on an old Mac. Google search still works just fine as well as it has been lately, no problems.


I guess I'll have to try the old quit-and-restart-the-browser. FSM only knows what kind of hostile mobile code has gunked up the works and needs to be flushed. I seldom need to do this, and it's kind of a pain because TabSessionManager takes so long to load (I could improve that, but at a cost).

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Are search engines going off-line today ? I can't get a response from either Ecosia or DuckDuckGo. (Original Post) eppur_se_muova May 13 OP
I just tried Duck Duck Go using a Chrome Browser on a Chromebook PC and it seems to work fine...I'm in KS, USA... wcmagumba May 13 #1
thanks for info. nt eppur_se_muova May 13 #2
Duckduck is working fine like it always does here in Central Texas. marble falls May 13 #3
DDG is fine here electric_blue68 May 13 #4

wcmagumba

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1. I just tried Duck Duck Go using a Chrome Browser on a Chromebook PC and it seems to work fine...I'm in KS, USA...
Wed May 13, 2026, 07:50 PM
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