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You could switch to duckduckgo and use the ! codes; !r and !w search directly on reddit and wikipedia. In cases where you aren't searching directly on one of t
by harshreality 7y ago
You could switch to duckduckgo and use the ! codes; !r and !w search directly on reddit and wikipedia.
In cases where you aren't searching directly on one of the supported sites, and would prefer google's algorithms instead of ddg's (or reddit's), all you have to do is add !g. It's a lot easier than trying to get google to do direct searches (using site:) or search on ddg (I don't think google has any shortcuts for redirecting to search on another search engine).
- Nition 7y agoThe ability to search these sites directly is also built in to most browsers. No need to send your query through any search engine. Firefox setup: - Go to the page with the search you want, e.g. wikipedia.com - Right-click the search box - "Add a Keyword for this search" - Type your "keyword" e.g. w Now any time you want to search wikipedia, go to the URL bar and type w plus a space first, then your search term. Chrome setup: I haven't used Chrome for a while but it also has this feature. You add "keywords" for your site searches somewhere in the settings instead of via right-clicking the search box, but the usage once it's set up is the same.
- yunruse 7y agoThe standard argument against this is that it’s not very standardised. “wtde” will give you German Wiktionary no matter what browser you’re on. The cost of adding a code for every use case needed on every browser can get frustrating, whereas many bangs on DDG can be easily inferred, and then immediately used. The only cost then is changing a search engine.