• zeppo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was very happy am that Apple added it as a default option in iOS. I had been using it off and on for years but now it’s been my default in various browsers for I guess about 3-4 years. Generally I find what I want with no problem, but still need to append !g and get the results from Google for some searches. Maybe about 10%, and more often on image searches.

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      1 year ago

      That is really good to hear! I also added it as default search engine in safari and brave since I switched. Thought I have to go full in in order to give it a chance. Where exactly do you add the „!g“?

      • Almighty5617@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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        1 year ago

        The “!g” is part of something called “bangs” on DuckDuckGo. Bangs are prefixes to redirect your query to another search engine. For example “!g How to pet a cat” will redirect you to Google, searching for “How to pet a cat”

        Other useful bangs are “!m” for maps, “!gi” for Google images, “!so” for stack overflow.

        You can find more about it at the bangs page: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs