3d ago

TIL that in DuckDuckGo !g in front of your previous search will run it in Google

So til that if you use DuckDuckGo search engine, and you're not happy with the result and want to run the previous search through Google, instead of copying your search, then heading to Google, then pasting your previous search, you can just add !g to front of your search in DuckDuckGo and that will auto direct you to Google and run that search for you!

For example: !g search term for Google

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Using DDG to route into Google defeats the point of avoiding Google in the first place.
Use !sp instead to route your search through Startpage, which is essentially Google without the Google BS.
- DuckDuckGo is an alright default but sometimes I just need that better, more tailored search from Google.
  Nowadays I often use AI for questions though. It gives better results and a more comfortable way.
- I hear you, but sometimes when I'm working I want 2 things when trying to solve a problem quickly; 1. Accurate results, and 2. Speed and performance.
  So while I do use SP on occasion, I find that sometimes for me it can take a while to load the results and just generally get a bit laggy. This can really start to annoy me over the course of a day, it's those moments when I just bite the bullet and go to Google directly if DuckDuckGo isn't giving me what I need
- Only needed for about 2% of my queries. So definitely doesn't defeat the purpose if 98% of my queries don't leak out to google.
- it used to be a great way to get google results that weren't custom. then in 2019 google disabled that api
- !g literally sends you to google.
  !sp does not
  Using another search engine just to send yourself back to google defeats the point.
  I'm not sure what the hell you are on about.

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