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0 pointsk-mcgrady12y ago0 comments

On DDG you can add !g to the start or end of a query and it will do the search on Google.

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Spittie12y ago· 2 in thread

That's one of the best, and yet one of the worst feature of DuckDuckGo.

When I tried using it a while ago, I ended up always searching for "!g <query>", since I knew I would always get equal or better results.

I'm glad it's this easy to search on Google from DuckDuckGo, but it also makes the switch harder. Or, at least, it did for me.

k-mcgradyOP12y ago

I had the same problem. I switched to DDG and Firefox when the PRISM story broke but ended up using !g on so many queries I made Google my default again. I find Google much better when I'm searching for API docs, StackOverflow Q's etc.

joeblau12y ago

Yeah I had the same problem. If I'm going to be in DDG but most of my searches are on Google, what's the point of me using DDG?

dredmorbius12y ago

!sp will search on StartPage, which is a privacy-proxied Google search. That's my fallback if the default DDG search doesn't work.

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