Tip: Search DU with DuckDuckGo instead of Google

[Pinback]

As many of you know, DuckDuckGo is a great alternative to Google for the privacy-conscious. But did you know that you can use DDG to search DU instead of relying on the Google-driven search bar at the top of the site?

Just follow these steps:

1. Open a new window or tab in your browser, and navigate to https://duckduckgo.com .


2. In the search window, enter
   
   searchterm site:democraticunderground.com
   
   For example:
   
   penumbra site:democraticunderground.com

I decided to try an odd search term just to see what would happen. Interestingly, I got a list of DU posts with the word penumbra somewhere in the post, not necessarily in the subject line of the post.

I haven't run extensive comparisons with DU's Google site search, but my initial impressions are that the DuckDuckGo results will be useful for my purposes.

So that's one less Google intrusion on my life.

[Glorfindel]

1. Ha! It works beautifully...thanks for the tip, Pinback.

I searched DU for the word "pellucidly" and got instant results. Very good to know.

[Pinback]

2. LOL, glad the penumbra over your search was lifted

and you can see pellucidly now.

I suppose you can do more elaborate search syntax, such as pellucidly -malaise, but of course that one would give you few or no search results, since “pellucidly” is practically trademarked for the exclusive use of our dear Malaise.