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I switched to DDG a few months ago. At first I was a bit disappointed at the result quality, but I have come to like some of its other features. First is that
by matteotom 13y ago
I switched to DDG a few months ago. At first I was a bit disappointed at the result quality, but I have come to like some of its other features. First is that it puts a little Wikipedia box on top of most search results, which solves ~50% of my queries.
Next is the ! operators: if I don't find what I need, I can use !g to search google, or !gi for google images, or !w for wikipedia.
It has tons of others: https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html
Also, I just found a ton of other cool features: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies#Programming https://duckduckgo.com/goodies#Programming
such as qrcodes and regular expressions.
Also, it will give news stories if you put "news" in your search query.
- jonathanjaeger 13y agoThe problem for mainstream is that that is work. Not only is it a ton of work (when adding extra queries over time), but it is a question of educating the masses. That's an even bigger hurdle.
- matteotom 13y agoI'm not saying it's right for everyone, but I like it.
- zanny 13y agoI always found myself using site:xxxxxxxxxx on google in the same way bangs work on ddg. That, and the convenient info boxes for most sites (it even supports arch packages and bulbapedia articles) solve 90% of my queries.