Slickdeals !bang syntax in DuckDuckGo

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The new !bang syntax is as follows:

!sd item

This can be used in the search box or your browser URL bar if DDG is the default.

Care to explain how you use this and what the benefit is? Never have heard of this one.

Quote from LiquidRetro : Care to explain how you use this and what the benefit is? Never have heard of this one.

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that is useful for many reasons, including privacy.
One of the main benefits is the ability to query other sites via the !bang syntax.

This means if you type !sd laptop
into the search box (or URL bar if it's your default search engine), it will automatically forward you to the slickdeals search page and search for all deals that are for laptops. This !bang was just added recently (Slickdeals).

Other popular !bangs are:
!a = Amazon
!w = Wikipedia
!d = dictionary
!yt = youtube
!b = bing
!gi = google images , !g = google
!yi = yahoo images , !y = yahoo
etc etc etc etc.

Quote from NoETF : One of the main benefits is the ability to query other sites via the !bang syntax.

Isn't this the same thing that Opera and FF have built in?

In FF, you go to 'manage search engines' (and it automatically picks up slickdeals) and add it with a suitable keyword option.

Then, in the URL bar:

s <my search string>
will search slickdeals for <my search string>

I use the google, IMDB and wikipedia ones regularly

Quote from NoETF : One of the main benefits is the ability to query other sites via the !bang syntax.

How is this different than a site search through Google? Such as site:slickdeals.net

Quote from vec : How is this different than a site search through Google? Such as site:slickdeals.net

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Acceptable trade off when comparing the Google Search engine to that of DuckDuckGo's

Quote from vec : Acceptable trade off when comparing the Google Search engine to that of DuckDuckGo's

You can use google within DDG. The benefit is increased security and privacy. DDG offers tons of !bang options. It makes your life easier not harder.

For instance:
!gn = google news
!gi = google images
!g = google

You believe that DDG is exclusive of Google, when that is not the case.

Please turn in your geek card at the exit.

Quote from vivahate : Isn't this the same thing that Opera and FF have built in? In FF, you go to 'manage search engines' (and it automatically picks up slickdeals) and add it with a suitable keyword option. Then, in the URL bar: s will search slickdeals for I use the google, IMDB and wikipedia ones regularly

It's a shame that no-one read why DDG is used. DDG already has these built in, with additional privacy. Please use it and explore before you flame, thanks.

Quote from NoETF : DuckDuckGo is a search engine that is useful for many reasons, including privacy.

Quote from NoETF : The benefit is increased security and privacy.

Quote from NoETF : It's a shame that no-one read why DDG is used. DDG already has these built in, with additional privacy. Please use it and explore before you flame, thanks.

Can you elaborate on this additional "security" and "privacy"? Is it just because !g searches encrypted.google.com instead of just normal google?

Also, I think you have it backwards. Firefox and Opera had these features long before DuckDuckGo came along, and if I can search google by typing "g hot deals" into my address bar instead of opening up DuckDuckGo and searching "!g hot deals", I'm opting for the first one.