better web searching with duckduckgo
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Better Web SearchingMonday, April 25, 2016Dave DoyleInfluitive - Advocacy Marketing Experts
Most people Google as their Search EnginePeople use google for a lot● Except my retired parents
who use Yahoo
● We depend on it for email
● Google Drive et al
● Search is their bread and butter
BUT it shouldn’t be your goto SE:
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Use DuckDuckGo.com instead
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Ever see Instant Answers on Google?
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They got that from DDG.
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Privacy @ DuckDuckGo● HTTPS by default on search
+ resulting links
● Doesn’t store identifying info
● No browser cookie by default
● Redirect on link so search not visible to destination site
● Hi NSA!
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● If it’s not stored, it can’t be subpoenaed
Now the best part
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DuckDuckGo and the !bang syntax● If you make DuckDuckGo
your default SE, you get access to my favourite feature
● !bang syntax provides a shorthand to search specific websites
● It’s faster and easier to contextually search within specific problem domains
● Instead of using Google to search Wikipedia:!w Ada Lovelace
● Search Google images directly:!gi rufio bangarang
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There’s a !bang for everything
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Google Services:
!g Plain Old Google!gm 111 Peter St!gi Cat pics!ggif animated cat pics!gn WHY PRINCE?
General Services:
!w Wikipedia!lyrics For That Song!imdb Judi Dench!ma Star Trek!wookie Star Wars
Social:
!tw Twitter!fb Facebook!insta Instagram!gr Goodreads
Dev:
!css flexbox!html input!js freeze!gem nokogiri!rubydoc yield!builtwith react!whois influitive.com
Shopping:
!amazonca That Book!mec overpriced shorts
Gaming:
!steam too many games!gfaq Game FAQS
Multimedia/Music:
!yt Youtube!netflix Bad Movies!spotify Good Music
You can submit your own search via a form if you can’t find the one you want.
Meta-!bangThere are over 7,000 !bang searches. To find them, use !bang● !bang music● !bang world domination● !bang news● !bang maker
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Thank YouBrought to you by!giphy, !w, !gi
… and Spirit of the West!spotify Home for a Rest
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