But if you type "dragon book amazon" into Google, it will do exactly what was intended. No bangs needed.
To make matters worse, if I type "dragon book" into the Amazon search bar directly, I'm getting the wrong results.
(Both searches done from a fresh incognito tab.)
Re:Search Bangs
by mdellabitta on Thursday May 26, 2016 @08:57AM
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On Google, "dragon book amazon" lands me on a Google page.
On DDG, "dragon book !amazon" lands me on an Amazon search result page.
Very different. By adding one !, I saved a whole page load and render, and having to click on a result.
I guess you're arguing that Google's search is better than Amazon's. In some ways, assuming that you're looking for the compilers book, it is. I'd argue that it doesn't show cover thumbnails and stuff like that, so it's a toss up. But this is one example out of many. I think the wikipedia bang is very useful, for example.
How do you know what was intended? Amazon is more than just a domain name.
Re:Search Bangs
by circuit_breaker on Friday May 27, 2016 @08:45PM
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I had no idea the bangs didn't have to be the be the first thing you enter. My life is now a lot easier, thanks!
Blekko used to do this really well - I stopped using it when it seemed to be turing into an SEO tool instead of a search engine several years back.
Re:Search Bangs
by mdellabitta on Thursday May 26, 2016 @08:53AM
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Just FYI, !gm works the same as !gmaps
I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.