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Is that similar to Chrome's "search engines"? They work really well, and I tend to use google's "site:" filter to search sites that have awful search capabiliti

Is that similar to Chrome's "search engines"? They work really well, and I tend to use google's "site:" filter to search sites that have awful search capabilities.

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AdamSC1 11y ago
The "!Bang" feature allows you to redirect your searches. For example: "!w Sam Altman' would instantly return you to the wikipedia page on Sam Altman. And, "!Amazon shoes" would instantly return you to the Amazon search result page for shoes. We've got over 7500 !Bangs currently and users can request to add them for any site https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang - just like our community efforts in 'Instant Answers' on our duckduckhack.com platform, this community driven experience allows you to get involved and shape a search experience you want to see.
yohui 11y ago
Yes, and also similar to Firefox bookmark keywords. e.g. a Chrome search engine or Firefox bookmark with URL "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s" and keyword "wp" will return the Wikipedia page for Hacker News if you search "wp Hacker News". Also works for stuff other than searches, e.g. "https://www.reddit.com/r/%s" https://www.reddit.com/r/%s" with keyword "rr" to quickly navigate to the Hacker News subreddit with "rr hackernews". Chrome automatically adds search engines, while Firefox requires a bit more manual work: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-search-from-address-bar https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-search-from-address-bar