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Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by 0x0000000 on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:16PM (#30033474)
It was a long time since I had to append "wikipedia" to my search results, but within the last year or so, I find myself doing it more and more.
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by cammikebrown on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:15AM (#30033845)
I use DuckDuckGo, it's really easy to end searches with "w!" and go straight to the Wikipedia page.
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by noduerme on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:31AM (#30034259)
I didn't know you could put it at the end! I always bang first and ask questions later.

[edit] Just noticed you also live in Portland like me. If you're a bartender, I bet I've met you haha.

Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by markdown on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:34AM (#30034271)
> I always bang first and ask questions later.

Definitely change your ways. It's always better to bang at the end.

Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by joshbode on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:29PM (#30033569)
I've started going straight to Wikipedia and searching there if I know I'm going to end up there anyway for the same reason, plus I deny Google the search data and ad-serve
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by exdsq on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:25PM (#30033534)
Hadn’t actively thought it that but I’ve been doing the same
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by whitesilhouette on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:46AM (#30034020)
I do that for everything since a long time. And with the !Bang extension coming to Firefox, customising those searches has become easier too
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by dvngnt_ on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:37AM (#30033977)
I do that for Reddit a lot
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by greatpostman on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:29PM (#30033570)
Yeah I’ve noticed this as well
Re:Ask HN: What's Up with Google? by pwdisswordfish9 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:53AM (#30034059)
Here’s a magic trick for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search