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I just need to stop doing !g in my ddg searches. None of these improvements point to helping fix that. You've got my attention, but search results need to be b
by anonu 7y ago
I just need to stop doing !g in my ddg searches.
None of these improvements point to helping fix that. You've got my attention, but search results need to be better.
If you just focused on "coding related" search results that would make a world of difference. Maybe just put stack overflow on top.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoI would love a good coding search engine that would not try to change my query with layman auto-correct suggestions. I know this search was weird...but no I was not trying to type an order for chicken wings.
- WD-42 7y agoI actually emailed them (the have a specific address for suggestions) with this idea. It would be useful if there were topic specific search modes, coding would be an example, that weighted certain domains over others (like stackoverflow and readthedocs). You could imagine this being useful for other topics as well. Of course I never got a response. I think it might be impossible due to their model. They aren't really a search engine, more like a search aggregator, they get results from Bing mostly if I remember correctly.
- stereolambda 7y agoGenuine question, what would putting StackOverflow first improve compared to running "!so query", redirecting to SO's own search? These bang notation commands are often easy to guess, similarly !gi (I use it often, maybe should try more of DDG Images after reading the OP), !gscholar etc. I do like having an alternative general search engine, for one. So imposing a "coding" restriction would be a little sad. Maybe bangs could also indicate topics inside normal search. (edit: sorry, already suggested by a sibling!)
- DHPersonal 7y agoWhy not use Startpage for that?