What is DuckDuckGo?
“DuckDuckGo is a general purpose search engine that is intended to be your starting place when searching the Internet. Use it to get way more instant answers, way less spam and real privacy, which we believe adds up to a much better overall search experience.”
From their privacy page:
“DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information. That is our privacy policy in a nutshell. The rest of this page tries to explain why you should care.”
DuckDuckGo’s “!bangs”
“!bangs” are special commands that give users the ability to search 100s of other sites directly from the DuckDuckGo search box (including other search engines). There are currently over a thousand !bang commands available. The most popular “!bangs” are also available in the drop down menu.