roomey 36 points 3 years ago

I know what you mean. I still use it all the same as my default search, the reason is the bang (!) Operators.

So if the ddg normal search isn't working, I can add a !g and I get the Google version. Or if I want Google maps... Then I just add !gm

The other one I use a lot is wolfram alpha for unit conversions and calculations, just add a !wa

Hacker news search is !HN

Having this one stop shop for many different search types end up being way better than Google, even if somethimes the regular search may not be so great

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whRQla8GEMdqXW2OVCbS 11 points 3 years ago

+1 for ddg's bang operators. I use !w for Wikipedia, !gsc for Google scholar, !py for Python docs, !pypi, !imdb, and !tvdb frequently. Here's a searchable list: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

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kiithwarrior 2 points 3 years ago

Ok TIL, never knew they were a thing!

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nhobb 4 points 3 years ago

Kagi also has bangs. My muscle memory carried over from ddg so I often forget if I'm using Kagi on my personal device or ddg on my work laptop.

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WimpyWoodchuck 3 points 3 years ago

What's the advantage of those over just adding those keywords to the browser's search bar? I can type "gm anything" in all of my browser, and it will just open Google Maps directly. I don't understand why people keep calling this a great feature of ddg when you can achieve the same without the detour through ddg.

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