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Cool idea! FYI in DuckDuckGo, you can use !g for google !b for bing !y for yahoo !w for wikipedia !r for reddit and a few thousand more, covering pretty

Cool idea! FYI in DuckDuckGo, you can use !g for google !b for bing !y for yahoo !w for wikipedia !r for reddit and a few thousand more, covering pretty much any larger search engine, wiki, or reference: https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang

radonek 4y ago
Opera browser had this feature since dawn of time and some others copied it.
WiggleGuy 4y ago
Yeah. I've been thinking of implementing something similar to DDG's !bangs or Firefox's keywords, but at the same time I don't want to make a tool that's just a worse version of those; I'm wondering what I can do to improve on those.
guywithahat 4y ago
DuckDuckGo has been getting caught in a bunch of censorship scandals recently, and unlike other search engines they're more likely to just blacklist a site in my experience. I'm not sure I would jump to use them first
- lionkor 4y ago
  Sorry, you are misunderstanding. This is about using ddg as a sort of "meta search engine", to call other search engines from.
karlzt 4y ago
Also Brave search has that same feature.
Fnoord 4y ago
Yeah you can also use shortcuts within your browser, if you keep that feature enabled. Personally I find it easier to just do like I do with other URLs: enter the URL. But given people use Android and iOS apps which are (proprietary) frontends for websites powered by HTTP(S) client I am not surprised there's demand for this. Besides, DDG is usually hit for me, and if its not I refine my search first on DDG. If that wouldn't work (usually it does) I'd follow the same approach on Google.
- lionkor 4y ago
  > ... like I do with other URLs: enter the URL. Entering `en.cppreference.com`, waiting for it to load with my slow-ish internet, then typing `vector` into the search field, is WAY more time and effort than just typing `!cpp vector`, which leads me directly to the results I want.

radonek 4y ago

Opera browser had this feature since dawn of time and some others copied it.

WiggleGuy 4y ago

Yeah. I've been thinking of implementing something similar to DDG's !bangs or Firefox's keywords, but at the same time I don't want to make a tool that's just a worse version of those; I'm wondering what I can do to improve on those.

guywithahat 4y ago

DuckDuckGo has been getting caught in a bunch of censorship scandals recently, and unlike other search engines they're more likely to just blacklist a site in my experience. I'm not sure I would jump to use them first

lionkor 4y ago
Sorry, you are misunderstanding. This is about using ddg as a sort of "meta search engine", to call other search engines from.

karlzt 4y ago

Also Brave search has that same feature.

Fnoord 4y ago

Yeah you can also use shortcuts within your browser, if you keep that feature enabled. Personally I find it easier to just do like I do with other URLs: enter the URL. But given people use Android and iOS apps which are (proprietary) frontends for websites powered by HTTP(S) client I am not surprised there's demand for this. Besides, DDG is usually hit for me, and if its not I refine my search first on DDG. If that wouldn't work (usually it does) I'd follow the same approach on Google.

lionkor 4y ago
> ... like I do with other URLs: enter the URL. Entering `en.cppreference.com`, waiting for it to load with my slow-ish internet, then typing `vector` into the search field, is WAY more time and effort than just typing `!cpp vector`, which leads me directly to the results I want.