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DDG has been my default search for the last few years and I only very rarely use it for it's native search results. The bang (!) search syntax is by far the big
by keeganjw 10y ago
DDG has been my default search for the last few years and I only very rarely use it for it's native search results. The bang (!) search syntax is by far the biggest reason I use it. It allows me to search sooooo many websites directly from the address bar. If you want normal Google search results, use !g. If you want Google Images, use !gi. Amazon? !a. Wikipedia? !w. The list goes on and on and on.
Edit: grammar.
- Avshalom 10y agoyeah the various bangs are hugely useful to me on my phone particularly, it's a very light weight interface to the internet.
- Forlien 10y agoYou can add these shortcuts into your browser. On firefox, you can right click on a search box and specify some character(s). I'm sure there's a similar process on chrome too.
- dethos 10y agoCompletely agree. I also have been using DDG for a few years and got used to the bangs. The results for a general search usually are good enough, so don't I even bother to use Google directly.