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I tried switching to duckduckgo. It fell short comared to google on everything I gave it. I plan on trying again when I have less on my plate. We all know when that will be.

[FabHK]

Interesting, I use DDG by default on all my devices and rarely ever miss Google. If I do, it's just a !g away.

Conversely, when I use google, I frequently miss !w (search on Wikipedia), !i (search images), !a (amazon) and other "bang" shortcuts.

[idle_processor]

You can achieve something similar to bang shortcuts by adding different search engines to your browser of choice and setting short keywords for them.

E.g., in Chrome: Settings > manage search engines > find Wikipedia > change the shortcut to "w."