DuckDuckGo is a search engine that focuses on providing spam-free results. Using a feature called !bang results you can search a curated list of high-quality sites directly.
Steps
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1Do 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”
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- !wikipedia Thomas Jefferson – Searches Wikipedia for “Thomas Jefferson”
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- !youtube cat videos – Searches YouTube for “Cat Videos”
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2Notice that you have landed on the desired page or on the search results page of the actual site you wanted to search from, with fewer clicks than a normal search requires.
Tips
- Most large non-spam sites have the !bang codes established on DuckDuckGo.
- !ducky or ‘! ‘ or ‘\’ is the equivalent of Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button: It will take you to the first result.
- The most common searches also have abbreviations!wp (wikipedia), !g (google), !i (images) and !yt (youtube)
- Many generic keywords also work such as !images, !traffic, !coupons, !parking.
- !safeoff runs a search with safe search disabled.
