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I fall back to !g when I don't find what I'm looking for. It happens too often for technical things. And Google is the only one that handles "verbatim searches"
by pmontra 5y ago
I fall back to !g when I don't find what I'm looking for. It happens too often for technical things. And Google is the only one that handles "verbatim searches". At least I'm splitting my trail of data between two companies.
- nightski 5y agoI hear people say this but I haven't even desired to use a !g for several years now (good riddance). I wonder if it is for certain types of tech.
- lumost 5y agoIt’s common for “ambiguous search terms” similar to “python database”. I’d bet that an experienced ddg user might have workarounds for this kind of thing. I’ve certainly found adding a few extra terms gives me what I need.
- pmontra 5y agoI found an example right now. I looked on DDG for _ubuntu turn on a usb disk after it was switched off_ and it didn't return anything related to the query. I added !g and Google gave me [1] as the second result. [1] https://superuser.com/questions/1626369/power-off-external-disk-in-ubuntu-then-turn-it-back-on-remotely-without-rebooti https://superuser.com/questions/1626369/power-off-external-d...