DDG as a search engine is just good. Its been my default for a long time. I wish Mozilla would make it the default so more users could be introduced to it. Why hasn't this happened yet?
With time, as DDG is getting bigger and getting more revenue I think and hope that they will become the default instead!
Why don't they improve their search system? I think they're really leaving money on the table, or maybe it's a job for a third-party SO search app for a fellow HNer (not that there aren't already enough SO scrapers showing up in searches).
Depending on their logging, this may also allow DDG to see what kinds of searches are being done and then redone/redirected to Google. In aggregate, that may provide useful information on areas where their search results aren't good enough.
Just to clear things up: it really doesn't matter where you include the bang. The beginning, the middle, or the end of the search query, the result is the same.
When looking at the search results H, left or right arrow, and type in the bang.
My default window (and other Container Tabs) doesn't have a Google account attached to it. So I see "Sign In" on the top right when doing Google searches.
- „Christian Guzman dog ava“ (dog of a YouTuber)
- „nkd dpd“ (drop-off locations for postal carrier DPD)