25 "secret" features hidden in the DuckDuckGo search engine - AnonyViet

DuckDuckGo is one of the best privacy-preserving search engines, and more powerful than Google. It has improved a lot lately and works pretty well for general web search. However, DuckDuckGo (abbreviated as DDG) has some cool “secret” features that most users are unaware of. . If you’re a DDG fan, you might enjoy enhancing your search experience with these tips.

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25 “secret” features hidden in DuckDuckGo

1. Jump to a specific website

Type ! in front of your favorite website name and enter it directly in the website. This is like Google’s “feeling lucky” feature but in DDG terminology, it’s called “bangs”.

There are short forms for web pages, which will be suggested as we type.

Entering a search term immediately after the site name will take you to the required results from that site.

2. Convert Text to ASCII

Figlet is one of the interesting Linux commands. It converts any text into ASCII format.

Type figlet before any search term; it will print the ASCII output of that phrase without opening the terminal.

3. Check social network status

Using ‘@’ in front of someone’s twitter name will show their status (followers,…).

4. Create strong passwords

Enter ‘password’ followed by the length of the password and DDG will generate a strong, unique password for you.

5. Generate random passphrase

Enter ‘random passphrase’ to generate a passphrase, usually 4 words long.

6. Get the cheatsheet

Enter the cheatsheet after the phrase with the content you want. If there is a cheatsheet for the searched term, it will show up immediately on the search page.

7. Color display from color code

Type ‘color’ followed by the hex code of the color you want to test and it will show what that color looks like.

8. Generate a random number

Searching for ‘random number’ will output a random number between 0 and 1

You can also specify the range to search.

9. Convert to binary and other formats

Entering a binary number and enclosing ‘binary’ converts it from binary to decimal

Similarly, it works for hexadecimal and octal.

10. Find rhyming sounds

Type ‘what rhymes with’ followed by the word you want to rhyme. Quite convenient for anyone who writes poetry or plays rap.

11. Get Ramanujan’s numerical value, Pi and other constants

Type the name of the constant with the value you want and you get it right in the search results page.

12. Check who is currently in space

Type ‘people in space’ and you’ll get a list of people currently in space. It also shows how long they have been in space.

13. Check if a website is down

If you want to know if a particular site is down, just use the search query “is xyz.com is down”.

14. Get good quotes

Type a word followed by quotes and it will bring up the quotes associated with that word.

15. Get sample text

Search for ‘lorem ipsum’ and you’ll get 5 sample text snippets. Very useful for web developers.

16. Get the calendar of any month

Enter calendar followed by day, month, and year and DDG will give you that month’s calendar.

17. Generate QR codes

Search for ‘qr’ followed by any text, be it a link or whatever, DDG will generate the corresponding QR Code for you.

18. Get Some CSS Animation

Search for ‘css animations’ for some examples of CSS animations.

19. Expand a shortened link

Instead of going to a spammy website, expand the shortened URL and see the actual URL of the site.

Use the expand keyword followed by the shortened URL and it will display the actual destination URL.

20. Get HTML code for special characters

Search for ‘html chars’ and you’ll get a long list of HTML entities and their descriptions.

21. Why should I use this?

This is pretty useless. If you enter the phrase “why should I use this?” it will show “cause it’s awesome” at the top of the search results page. DuckDuckGo is praising itself.