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ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me. I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and
by buckbova 10y ago
ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me.
I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.
- bigiain 10y agoBlekko used to do this really well - I stopped using it when it seemed to be turing into an SEO tool instead of a search engine several years back.
- amelius 10y agoBut if you type "dragon book amazon" into Google, it will do exactly what was intended. No bangs needed. To make matters worse, if I type "dragon book" into the Amazon search bar directly, I'm getting the wrong results. (Both searches done from a fresh incognito tab.)
- zxcvcxz 10y agoHow do you know what was intended? Amazon is more than just a domain name.
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- mdellabitta 10y agoOn Google, "dragon book amazon" lands me on a Google page. On DDG, "dragon book !amazon" lands me on an Amazon search result page. Very different. By adding one !, I saved a whole page load and render, and having to click on a result. I guess you're arguing that Google's search is better than Amazon's. In some ways, assuming that you're looking for the compilers book, it is. I'd argue that it doesn't show cover thumbnails and stuff like that, so it's a toss up. But this is one example out of many. I think the wikipedia bang is very useful, for example.
- mdellabitta 10y agoJust FYI, !gm works the same as !gmaps
- emdd 10y agoI love DDG, so, it oddly irked me to see someone spell out "gmaps" instead of "gm". Odd how much I was bothered by those few letters. Brevity!
- circuit_breaker 10y agoI had no idea the bangs didn't have to be the be the first thing you enter. My life is now a lot easier, thanks!