How to Search Sites Directly on DuckDuckGo

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DuckDuckGo is a search engine which focuses on providing spam free results. Using a feature called !bang results you can search a curated list of high quality sites directly.

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  1. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b8\/Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b8\/Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid1192742-v4-728px-Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":346,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":547,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"}
    Start the search with ! or 1 and then enter the topic you are looking for. Specifically a search can look like:
  2. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-2-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-2-Version-2.jpg\/aid1192742-v4-728px-Search-Sites-Directly-on-DuckDuckGo-Step-2-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":346,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":547,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"}
    Notice that you have landed on the desired page or on the search results page of the actual site you wanted to search from, with less clicks than a normal search requires.
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      • Most large non-spam sites have the !bang codes established on DuckDuckGo.
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      • !ducky or '! ' or '\' is the equivalent of Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button: It will take you to the first result.
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      • The most common searches also have abbreviations!wp (wikipedia), !g (google), !i (images) and !yt (youtube)
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      References

      1. http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html - Reference page on DuckDuckGo. Includes complete list of bang codes.

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