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Is there a way I can make 'typing into the address bar' search DDG by default? If I can get this set up, then I'm fully switched.

• mike-cardwell 15y ago
  Which browser? In Firefox I do this by going to about:config, and setting "keyword.URL" to: https://duckduckgo.com/?kh=1&kg=p&k1=-1&kp=-1&kl=uk-en&q= https://duckduckgo.com/?kh=1&kg=p&k1=-1&kp=-1&#3... You might want to fiddle with the parameters though. For example, I'm specifying that my country is the UK in the above URL
  • wgx 15y ago
    Nice, thanks. Also UK here.
• epi0Bauqu 15y ago
  Sure, depends on your browser: http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216425-browsers http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216425-b...
  • wgx 15y ago
    Ah great - thank you! :)
  • tansey 15y ago
    Not to be too harsh here, but wouldn't you want that URL to be a little bit better optimized for search engines? Just look at the results for "how to make duckduckgo my default search engine": https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+make+duckduckgo+my+default+search+engine https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+make+duckduckgo+my+default+...
    • epi0Bauqu 15y ago
      Yes, probably! This is how it is coming out of assistly, but duly noted.
• quanticle 15y ago
  For Firefox, there's a search plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duck-duck-go-search-plugin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duck-duck-go-...) that adds DuckDuckGo to the list of search providers. For Chrome, it appears to be a little more complicated. You can use DuckDuckGo for searches, but it doesn't look like you can alter the source for URL suggestions. Details on how to use DuckDuckGo as Chrome's search provider are here: http://ddgg.nfriedly.com/#oneclick http://ddgg.nfriedly.com/#oneclick.