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DuckDuckGo users highlight handy bang search shortcuts

Original: So Ive used # DuckDuckGo # browser for a while. Not perfect but close enough for me. One of the things I get mileage out

A longtime DuckDuckGo browser user is praising the browser's "bang" search feature, where typing an exclamation point before a keyword sends the search straight to another site. Examples include "!wiki" to search Wikipedia directly or "!fedex" to look up a package, making the browser a practical daily driver despite its imperfections.

Why now: People find privacy-focused browsing tips and shortcut tricks useful and shareable.

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• So Ive used # DuckDuckGo # browser for a while. Not perfect but close enough for me. One of the things I get mileage out of is what I call "bang" searches. Ya put an exclamation point before a keyword and it does a digdown search. !wiki thing for example. I just did !fedex… · avlcharlie · 12

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