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So what is the difference between this and google's "site:"? The latter works for any site, there is no need for a custom list of 8000 sites.
by friendly_chap 10y ago
So what is the difference between this and google's "site:"?
The latter works for any site, there is no need for a custom list of 8000 sites.
- sharpercoder 10y ago"site:amazon.com" vs "!a" saves 13 characters.
- robenkleene 10y agoGoogle `site:wikipedia.org` search (which also works in DuckDuckGo) uses Google's interface and index, i.e., you get a Google search results page. With Search Bangs, you get a search results page using that uses a websites own engine, e.g., it's filling out a search term with a template like `http://wikipedia.org/?search=*` http://wikipedia.org/?search=*`. This is actually very old idea that used to be implemented in various browsers and extensions. Here's a support page for Fireboxes implementation, which might still work[1]. Personally, I do this on OS X with LaunchBar Search Templates[2], which is nice because it's browser agnostic. [1]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address-bar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address... [2]: https://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/SearchTemplates.html https://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/SearchTemplate...
- nfriedly 10y agoBangs use the other site's built-in search engine, not DDG's index of that site.