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I've never really bought into DDG, especially for its lack of features. It still can't match Google, but this is certainly a step in the right direction and giv
by james33 12y ago
I've never really bought into DDG, especially for its lack of features. It still can't match Google, but this is certainly a step in the right direction and gives me pause to think about using it at least once in a while now. Glad to see progress in search outside of Google for a change.
- kermitdance 12y agoThis post made me finally create an account here. I do admit that personalized searches improve result quality a lot, at least for some topics. But after using DDG as my main search engine for about a year, > especially for its lack of features just sounds wrong. On the contrary, I tend to feel really helpless when using Google because of the lack of DDG bang syntax. For me, DDG is like my perfectly customized search engine with all the features I need - without actually customizing anything. This enables me to have the same, good search experience wherever I am (notebook, desktop PC, tablet, some else's machine...) So to conclude this: Not relying on the search engine to guess your intention based on personalization takes some time to get used to, but for me it definitely payed off.
- weaksauce 12y agoany good resources for learning how to effectively use DDG?
- pessimizer 12y agohttps://duckduckgo.com/bang.html https://duckduckgo.com/bang.html all of the boolean and ':' filters from google work also.
- kermitdance 12y agohttps://duck.co/help/features https://duck.co/help/features seems to be a good starting point, since it has links to the bang syntax(e.g. '!gh junit', '!a sicp'), instant answers('4 euros in €') and more. I learned most of the things I use today by experimenting and trying some bang-keywords I considered feasible before actually checking DDG documentation.
- m_mueller 12y agoWhy is kermitdance's reply to this post dead now?
- kermitdance 12y agoI still see my reply when I'm logged in, I noticed it disappeared from public view after I tried to edit it... [edit] I had included the features-link again and this reply was hidden. [edit2] Still hidden... HN doesn't like me
- maxerickson 12y agoProbably because they used a url shortener.