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Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search (techcrunch.com)
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[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Duckduckgo is bing. They route their searches there afaik. It's just a privacy layer, like startpage is a privacy layer on Google.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't think that's true. They are using the index of bing, but the search results are not. At least that's what I heard, no idea if it's factual or not.

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

👍🏻 Roger Roger thanks for the correction

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Duckduckgo also has bangs, which I consider an essential feature.

Although I use SearXNG instead, since their equivalent is a lot more customisable (although less bangs out of the box).

[–] FryHyde@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Are there any that have a top knot or fauxhawk though? Asking for a friend.

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yep. I was using ddg but just spun up 2 sear instances for myself. (One on vpn one off)

What are your favorite searxng customizations / bangs?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

What are your favorite searxng customizations / bangs?

Nothing hugely advanced. I added the NixOS wiki to !software_wikis and I also redirect the old wiki to the new wiki (since the former blocks VPNs). I also use the redirect functionality to redirect twitter/reddit etc links to FOSS frontends.

I've also added a bunch of stackexchange sites with their own keywords.

I'll add you can also use duckduckgo bangs by using !! e.g. !!protondb.

[–] soupuos@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

FWIW you can kinda replicate bangs using Firefox using bookmark "keywords" (I think that's what they're called). They basically allow you to create a bang for any site using any trigger characters.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I use those constantly. For web searching, Wikipedia, work ticket lookups, etc.