So what is the difference between this and google's "site:"? The latter works for any site, there is no need for a custom list of 8000 sites.
Bangs use the other site's built-in search engine, not DDG's index of that site.
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#72Isn't this an old feature in DDG. I have used this two years back. Even added a !sulekha
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#73ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me. I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.
But if you type "dragon book amazon" into Google, it will do exactly what was intended. No bangs needed. To make matters worse, if I type "dragon book" into the Amazon search bar directly, I'm getting the wrong results. (Both searches done from a fresh incognito tab.)
How do you know what was intended? Amazon is more than just a domain name.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
But if you type "dragon book amazon" into Google, it will do exactly what was intended. No bangs needed. To make matters worse, if I type "dragon book" into the Amazon search bar directly, I'm getting the wrong results. (Both searches done from a fresh incognito tab.)
How do you know what was intended? Amazon is more than just a domain name.
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#75Thrinder or Three-Ender: why Tinder's upset about how you say 3nder
http://www.readnews247.com/detail/13718?pageNo=2&prefix=/cat...
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#76ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me. I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.
Just FYI, !gm works the same as !gmaps
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#77ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me. I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.
But if you type "dragon book amazon" into Google, it will do exactly what was intended. No bangs needed. To make matters worse, if I type "dragon book" into the Amazon search bar directly, I'm getting the wrong results. (Both searches done from a fresh incognito tab.)
On Google, "dragon book amazon" lands me on a Google page.
On DDG, "dragon book !amazon" lands me on an Amazon search result page.
Very different. By adding one !, I saved a whole page load and render, and having to click on a result.
I guess you're arguing that Google's search is better than Amazon's. In some ways, assuming that you're looking for the compilers book, it is. I'd argue that it doesn't show cover thumbnails and stuff like that, so it's a toss up. But this is one example out of many. I think the wikipedia bang is very useful, for example.
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#78It's cool but I believe it will be better to have even autosuggest site specific. I mean if I search for !a shoes it should suggest me content from Amazon not from anywhere else.
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#79ddg is my default and this is the killer feature for me. I type in "houston !gmaps" and right to google maps focused on Houston. I copy paste "[error] !so" and get relevant stack overflow search, "[actor] !imdb" etc.
Just FYI, !gm works the same as !gmaps
I love DDG, so, it oddly irked me to see someone spell out "gmaps" instead of "gm". Odd how much I was bothered by those few letters. Brevity!
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#80Is there a really good in-depth up-to-date comparison somewhere between duckduckgo and google? For example: I don't see any advantage in those search bangs, simply searching "shoes amazon" on google will do the job, or if I really want to search a specific site one can easily do "shoes site: amazon.com", and considering all the other things google can do... duckduckgo might do some of those things, some of those even…
simply searching "shoes amazon" will do the job, or if I really want to search a specific site one can easily do "shoes site: amazon.com" The search bangs take you directly to the search implementation of the site in question. Sometimes this is preferred to a Google search. If you try "!amazon shoes" on DDG and "amazon shoes" on Google, you can see the difference. Basically, in any case where you would type something…
or just "!a" for amazon.