DuckDuckGo vs Google

Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by Freak_NL on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:20AM (#15292878)

    !ud → Urban Dictionary (what do you mean, she's 'office cute'?)
    !wen → Wikipedia English
    !w.. → Wikipedia (two letter language code, e.g., 'nl')
    !wikt Wiktionary

So many useful bangs.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by the_duke on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @11:09AM (#15294571)

So many bangs for you duck!

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by pvdebbe on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:01AM (#15301375)

The best bang for your duck

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by fenwick67 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:08PM (#15295339)

Just a plain !w gives me English Wikipedia.

Usually if I need a certain engine I just guess the bang and it's usually supported and correct. !gm for google maps, !tineye for tineye, !wayback for the wayback machine...

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by Freak_NL on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:17PM (#15296095)

They are pretty predictable. I just tried !osm madagascar on a whim, and it opens OpenStreetMap, as expected.

Setting DuckDuckGo as the search engine for your browser's address bar means all these bangs work right there whenever you open a new tab.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by smnrchrds on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:14PM (#15297796)

It depends on language settings. I have set DDG region to Canada and language to Canadian French. As a result, !w redirects mne to French Wikipedia.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by qweqweqweqw on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:59PM (#15298196)

I, too, switched to DDG, but sadly my most used bang is !g because in 1/3 cases DDG doesn't find what I am looking for.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by chuckledog on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @10:39PM (#15300203)

Does DDG learn from what people !g for?

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by l1feh4ck on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:32AM (#15302658)

I would place my bet on that. That would be a query they need to work on.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by SeanDav on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:21AM (#15302009)

I would sincerely hope not! i.e. Tracking.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by dredmorbius on Thursday September 21, 2017 @07:13AM (#15302260)

If that information isn't personalised in any fashion and the data are retained for a minimum period, I'd be OK with sorting out what types of queries aren't satisfied on DDG itself.

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:23PM (#15295532)

    !hn does something or another

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Re:DuckDuckGo vs Google by 0x4a42 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:13PM (#15296066)

Some might be less useful tho, try:

!ddg google

Or if you are feeling lucky:

!!ddg google

edit: typo

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