They can be helpful, but I don't like sifting through all of the junk to get to the good. The only reason I ever stay on a Crappy site is to be reminded of what not to do. I find it beneficial to click several links (giving myself options) and determine what kind of sites I have with a first glance. It's an unfair analysis that incorporates sort of a Blink philosophy, but I have found it to be very useful. It might take some time to hone your categorizing skills, but soon you'll see them immediately fall into plac

Though I have a great time on DuckDuckGo I would have to say that the best search engine by far is Google. Once you're there, it's pretty clear where to type your subject of interest. You don't ever have to worry about punctuation or even spelling