What Is a Bang?
A bang, or !bang, as it is commonly known, is a term you can include with your DuckDuckGo search to limit your results to a particular website or service
example, if you are searching the web with DuckDuckGo and you want to limit your results to How-To Geek website, you can include “!howtogeek” with your search term
Searching for “windows 10 !howtogeek” will perform a search for “windows 10” using How-To Geek’s own search engine
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fun fact
The name comes from an old UNIX term for an exclamation point, which is used to invoke the feature in searches.
The best way to search for a bang is to start typing an exclamation mark. DuckDuckGo will open a list of suggested bangs, with suggestions becoming more relevant as you type
So if you’re wondering whether a particular website has a bang, start typing an exclamation point followed by its name
Holy Shite Batman,
I knew this was going to happen...
Just didn't think it would be this quickly...
Now websites are getting banged more often...
@Madken65 the bangin has begun 🤣
it's a neat wee feature if you are searching certain things and know a site that might have an article on that thing
handy