Re:DuckDuckGo Raises $10M
by indigodaddy on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:26PM
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Had no idea about these DDG bang features, although admittedly I've barely used DDG. Usually use startpage if I'm not using Google. I imagine to there also might be a chrome extension that does a similar thing to the DDG bang features, or are these just DDG-only search indexes?
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Re:DuckDuckGo Raises $10M
by gregknicholson on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:59AM
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They're just quick redirects to specific sites' searches, which work wherever DuckDuckGo would otherwise return search results. They make it really quick to search specific sites, or even to go directly to specific pages on some sites (without remembering the URL's exact syntax).
Try searching for “!w search engine”: DDG sends you straight to Wikipedia, which sends you directly to the relevant article. (Search “!bang” for more info about bangs.) When DuckDuckGo is your default search engine you can do this straight from your browser's address bar or OS's search field. It's very nice.
(I have no affiliation with DuckDuckGo; I just really like this feature.)
Re:DuckDuckGo Raises $10M
by yellowapple on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:49AM
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There are certainly Chrome extensions, but I don't (usually) use Chrome. And sure, there are Firefox extensions, but if I'm using some oddball like Lynx or Dillo or Netsurf, it's nice for such functionality to just be part of my search engine (which works on all of those browsers).