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Yes! DuckDuckGo is great. You can always use !g interobang if you want to search google

by justinv 10y ago

vlunkr 10y ago
I've set DDG as my default a couple of times, and I find that I end up `!g`ing every search eventually. Maybe it's time to try again though.
- bb101 10y ago
  Me too! I use !g so much that I end up inadvertently typing it when searching on google.com. The day of reckoning is near - use DDG as intended or just switch back to using Google as the default search.
  - orbitingpluto 10y ago
    But you're using it as intended. I'd much rather type "!gi blah" or "!gn blah" than move my hands to the mouse/trackpad to click on the Google Images or News link.
    - qb45 10y ago
      See Firefox keyword bookmarks.
      - orbitingpluto 10y ago
        I use bookmark keywords to get access to a cluster or folder of bookmarks instead of mousing. Also not interested in making 9000 bookmarks to reproduce bang functionality: https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang Plus you still have to type "bookmark" <wait> "search"
        qb45 10y ago
        I'm not sure what you mean by wait. It really Works For Me (TM) here. I just type im foo in the address bar and it goes straight to Google images search for foo. Same for maps, Wikipedia and some obscure websites which will never be available at DDG :)
- deleted 10y ago
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- reitanqild 10y ago
  > I find that I end up `!g`ing every search eventually. Often it is good, sometimes better than Google but in some settings I too use !g frequently. I still try to use it without !g first to give some search traffic to ddg. I hope they can use the data to improve future searches.
nawtacawp 10y ago
Does duckduckgo act as a proxy of sorts when using !g?
- bobwaycott 10y ago
  It redirects your search to https://encrypted.google.com https://encrypted.google.com
- nilved 10y ago
  You can use !sp for that since startpage.com proxies Google results
dest 10y ago
or use !s to query startpage, which is an anonymising proxy for google results (if i am not mistaken)

Yes! DuckDuckGo is great. You can always use !g interobang if you want to search google

by justinv 10y ago

Yes! DuckDuckGo is great. You can always use !g interobang if you want to search google

I've set DDG as my default a couple of times, and I find that I end up `!g`ing every search eventually. Maybe it's time to try again though.

bb101 10y ago
Me too! I use !g so much that I end up inadvertently typing it when searching on google.com. The day of reckoning is near - use DDG as intended or just switch back to using Google as the default search.
- orbitingpluto 10y ago
  But you're using it as intended. I'd much rather type "!gi blah" or "!gn blah" than move my hands to the mouse/trackpad to click on the Google Images or News link.
  - qb45 10y ago
    See Firefox keyword bookmarks.
    - orbitingpluto 10y ago
      I use bookmark keywords to get access to a cluster or folder of bookmarks instead of mousing. Also not interested in making 9000 bookmarks to reproduce bang functionality: https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang Plus you still have to type "bookmark" <wait> "search"
      - qb45 10y ago
        I'm not sure what you mean by wait. It really Works For Me (TM) here. I just type im foo in the address bar and it goes straight to Google images search for foo. Same for maps, Wikipedia and some obscure websites which will never be available at DDG :)
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reitanqild 10y ago
> I find that I end up `!g`ing every search eventually. Often it is good, sometimes better than Google but in some settings I too use !g frequently. I still try to use it without !g first to give some search traffic to ddg. I hope they can use the data to improve future searches.

nawtacawp 10y ago

Does duckduckgo act as a proxy of sorts when using !g?

bobwaycott 10y ago
It redirects your search to https://encrypted.google.com https://encrypted.google.com
nilved 10y ago
You can use !sp for that since startpage.com proxies Google results

dest 10y ago

or use !s to query startpage, which is an anonymising proxy for google results (if i am not mistaken)