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dickthegrouch

(4,650 posts) Sat Feb 1, 2025, 06:50 PM Feb 2025

Is it possible to change the search engine for DU searches

Since google is going to the dark side, can we have a setting or selection to use a less data-grabbing search option within the site?

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Is it possible to change the search engine for DU searches (Original Post) dickthegrouch Feb 2025 OP

Agree Pachamama Feb 2025 #1

Please change it! I suggest DuckDuckGo. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #2

Wouldn't that be likely to mean a lot fewer search results, especially of older DU messages? highplainsdem Feb 2025 #3

site:democraticunderground.com JoseBalow Feb 2025 #4

Thank you but not quite what I was looking for. dickthegrouch Feb 2025 #5

Oh, I thought you wanted an alternative to Google to search just on DU JoseBalow Feb 2025 #6

Pachamama

(17,565 posts)

1. Agree

Reply to dickthegrouch (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 06:52 PM

Feb 2025

Live by principle and example

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

2. Please change it! I suggest DuckDuckGo. . . . nt

Reply to dickthegrouch (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 06:53 PM

Feb 2025

highplainsdem

(63,076 posts)

3. Wouldn't that be likely to mean a lot fewer search results, especially of older DU messages?

Reply to dickthegrouch (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 07:05 PM

Feb 2025

The Google site search we have now will sometimes find threads more than 10 years old. I don't know if another search engine would have access to those.

JoseBalow

(9,733 posts)

4. site:democraticunderground.com

Reply to dickthegrouch (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 07:39 PM

Feb 2025

Add site:democraticunderground.com to your search query on DuckDuckGo (or other search engines) to restrict the search to this site.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dickthegrouch+site:democraticunderground.com

Only showing results from democraticunderground.com

Clear filter to show all search results

dickthegrouch

(4,650 posts)

5. Thank you but not quite what I was looking for.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 08:10 PM

Feb 2025

I think I was asking for the search button on DU to be configurable for other search engines.
Restricting all my DDG searches to DU would be counterproductive, I think.

JoseBalow

(9,733 posts)

6. Oh, I thought you wanted an alternative to Google to search just on DU

Reply to dickthegrouch (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 09:36 PM

Feb 2025

like the DU search does, but with a different search engine. I misunderstood what you are wanting to do.

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