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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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Do a search on DuckDuckGo.com. Start the search with ! or 1 and then enter the topic you are looking for. Specifically a search can look like:- !wikiHow tie a tie - Searches wikiHow.com for "tie a tie"
- !wikipedia Thomas Jefferson - Searches Wikipedia for "Thomas Jefferson"
- !youtube cat videos - Searches YouTube for "Cat Videos"
- !wikiHow tie a tie - Searches wikiHow.com for "tie a tie"
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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.Thanks
- !ducky or '! ' or '\' is the equivalent of Google's "I'm feeling lucky" button: It will take you to the first result.Thanks
- The most common searches also have abbreviations!wp (wikipedia), !g (google), !i (images) and !yt (youtube)Thanks
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References
- http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html - Reference page on DuckDuckGo. Includes complete list of bang codes.
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