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DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo (DDG) has become my favourite search engine. The primary reason I switched was because it isn't a Google nor other big tech jerk thing, and that it doesn't do any tracking or data hoarding.
There are pleanty of other neat things too: The search results are good, you can easily use it to search Open Street Map, the bang searches and other handy shortcuts like easy currency conversion, maths, etc.
Search Syntax
s:[domain] [terms] | Search within particular website. You can get fancy with this and use it to search multiple domains, search a TLD, exclude a domain… |
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f:[file extension] [terms] | Search for particular files |
Bangs
One of the features I use the most in DDG are the bangs. These are shortcuts you can use to search a lot of different websites (see: duckduckgo.com/bang).
To use you just type an exclamation mark followed by the abbreviation, then a space, then your search term.
Here're the ones I use most often:
!arch | Arch Linux Wiki |
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!aur | The Arch User Repository package database |
!discogs | Discogs |
!ia | Internet Archive |
!itad | IsThereAnyDeal (videogame sale history) |
!lb | Letterboxd |
!man | Linux manuals (AKA: man pages) |
!moby | Mobygames |
!sice | staticICE (Australian PC parts price comparison) |
!trove | Trove (Australian libraries search) |
!w | Wikipedia |
!wayback | Wayback Machine |
!wfw | Warframe Wiki |
!yt | Youtube |