Better Web SearchingMonday, April 25, 2016Dave DoyleInfluitive - Advocacy Marketing Experts

Most people Google as their Search EnginePeople use google for a lot● Except my retired parents

who use Yahoo

● We depend on it for email

● Google Drive et al

● Search is their bread and butter

BUT it shouldn’t be your goto SE:

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Use DuckDuckGo.com instead

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Ever see Instant Answers on Google?

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They got that from DDG.

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Privacy @ DuckDuckGo● HTTPS by default on search

+ resulting links

● Doesn’t store identifying info

● No browser cookie by default

● Redirect on link so search not visible to destination site

● Hi NSA!

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● If it’s not stored, it can’t be subpoenaed

Now the best part

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DuckDuckGo and the !bang syntax● If you make DuckDuckGo

your default SE, you get access to my favourite feature

● !bang syntax provides a shorthand to search specific websites

● It’s faster and easier to contextually search within specific problem domains

● Instead of using Google to search Wikipedia:!w Ada Lovelace

● Search Google images directly:!gi rufio bangarang

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There’s a !bang for everything

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Google Services:

!g Plain Old Google!gm 111 Peter St!gi Cat pics!ggif animated cat pics!gn WHY PRINCE?

General Services:

!w Wikipedia!lyrics For That Song!imdb Judi Dench!ma Star Trek!wookie Star Wars

Social:

!tw Twitter!fb Facebook!insta Instagram!gr Goodreads

Dev:

!css flexbox!html input!js freeze!gem nokogiri!rubydoc yield!builtwith react!whois influitive.com

Shopping:

!amazonca That Book!mec overpriced shorts

Gaming:

!steam too many games!gfaq Game FAQS

Multimedia/Music:

!yt Youtube!netflix Bad Movies!spotify Good Music

You can submit your own search via a form if you can’t find the one you want.

Meta-!bangThere are over 7,000 !bang searches. To find them, use !bang● !bang music● !bang world domination● !bang news● !bang maker

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Thank YouBrought to you by!giphy, !w, !gi

… and Spirit of the West!spotify Home for a Rest

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