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Ask HN: Does DDG no longer honor "site:" prefix?

19 points by everybodyknows 3 days ago · 6 comments · 1 min read


On iPad, .com sites show up, for my site:.ca.gov search. On Firefox, DDG wants to invoke a "System Handler"

robhlam 3 days ago

For your firefox issue, does your search string start with “site:”? I’ve had issues with “site:” at the start of search strings apparently being interpreted as a url protocol. Prefixing searches with “and “ seemed to help.

sogen 3 days ago

works for me.

Switched back to Google this year because DDG started to be less accurate overall, how's your experience

  • speedgoose 3 days ago

    I noticed a lot more AI crap in Bing with a Duck. It’s still my default for simple searches but I now use ChatGPT or Google for more advanced searches.

  • ThePowerOfFuet 3 days ago

    You should try Kagi.

  • Lightkey 3 days ago

    Like DDG is a proxy for Bing, so is Startpage a proxy for Google, if you haven ,t tried that.

n1xis10t 3 days ago

It works for me from iOS, I only see sites that end with .ca.gov.

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