alt.hn

1/23/2026 at 1:48:53 AM

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

by everybodyknows

1/23/2026 at 12:40:46 PM

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.

by robhlam

1/23/2026 at 2:38:48 AM

works for me.

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

by sogen

1/23/2026 at 7:14:02 AM

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.

by speedgoose

1/23/2026 at 8:48:36 AM

You should try Kagi.

by ThePowerOfFuet

1/23/2026 at 6:34:50 AM

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

by Lightkey

1/23/2026 at 2:35:02 AM

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

by n1xis10t