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One awesome thing about DDG is their !bang searches. It won't automate an unknown search, but if you know the first thing you're going to want is the Wikipedia

One awesome thing about DDG is their !bang searches. It won't automate an unknown search, but if you know the first thing you're going to want is the Wikipedia entry you just search ["binary tree" !w]; for related StackExchange questions ["binary tree" !so]; you can even do a straight goggle search ["binary tree" !g]. For the available !bangs check out - https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html

bad_user 13y ago
You don't need DDG for that, when you can use Firefox (or Chrome). All you need to do on a website with a search box is to right-click on that search box -> Add Keyword for this Search... and then add a shortcut. The cool thing about it is that it is extensible. You don't need to settle for the fixed "bangs" that DDG provides. For example, I have a "dex" shortcut for searching an online dictionary of my native language. Also, it takes less time to add a shortcut of interest than it is to read the DDG documentation page to find out the right bang for you. If you care about privacy, then this is also a no-brainer, since you don't go through a third-party server anymore.
acdha 13y ago
If I already know where I'm going, why involve a third-party?
- yaddayadda 13y ago
  I have my Firefox url bar set to DDG, so it's way faster for me to: 1. type ["binary tree" !w] in the url bar than it is to: 1. type [wikipedia] in the url bar (I don't even know if it's a com or org, but DDG would be fine with just [wikipedia]. If I knew whether it was com or org, then I could skip the next step.) 2. click the wikipedia link in the now displayed DDG results 3. find the field to enter the site-specific search terms (for many -- but not all -- it's in the upper right corner) 4. type ["binary tree"] in the site-specific search box
  - acdha 13y ago
    In Chrome, that's: 1. Start to type wikipedia 2. Hit tab as soon as wikipedia.org is the first choice 3. Start typing the query and note that the suggestions are coming from Wikipedia, not google Significantly faster than waiting several seconds for DDG to redirect

bad_user 13y ago

You don't need DDG for that, when you can use Firefox (or Chrome). All you need to do on a website with a search box is to right-click on that search box -> Add Keyword for this Search... and then add a shortcut. The cool thing about it is that it is extensible. You don't need to settle for the fixed "bangs" that DDG provides. For example, I have a "dex" shortcut for searching an online dictionary of my native language. Also, it takes less time to add a shortcut of interest than it is to read the DDG documentation page to find out the right bang for you. If you care about privacy, then this is also a no-brainer, since you don't go through a third-party server anymore.

acdha 13y ago

If I already know where I'm going, why involve a third-party?

yaddayadda 13y ago
I have my Firefox url bar set to DDG, so it's way faster for me to: 1. type ["binary tree" !w] in the url bar than it is to: 1. type [wikipedia] in the url bar (I don't even know if it's a com or org, but DDG would be fine with just [wikipedia]. If I knew whether it was com or org, then I could skip the next step.) 2. click the wikipedia link in the now displayed DDG results 3. find the field to enter the site-specific search terms (for many -- but not all -- it's in the upper right corner) 4. type ["binary tree"] in the site-specific search box
- acdha 13y ago
  In Chrome, that's: 1. Start to type wikipedia 2. Hit tab as soon as wikipedia.org is the first choice 3. Start typing the query and note that the suggestions are coming from Wikipedia, not google Significantly faster than waiting several seconds for DDG to redirect