searches using bangs with double quotes

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in DuckDuckGo Forum • 1 year ago

i used

!cnet "one touch backup"

and it took me to cnet website then in their search bar this is what i got:

"one touch backup"

so i removed the double quotes using the same search query, it went fine. within cnet, i used the double quotes to see if cnet is having the problem with double quotes. it worked fine.

so i guess ducky is having the problem with double quotes in searches?

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yegg13

Re: searches using bangs with double quotes

1 year ago

It's actually just cnet and a couple of other weird providers. Here's the issue.

Neither of these links work:

http://www.cnet.com/4244-5_1-0.html?query="sony+dvd"&tag=srch&target=nw

and I can't see what does. Any idea?

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rmardo

Re: searches using bangs with double quotes

1 year ago

this works,

http://www.cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query="sony+dvd"&tag=srch&target=nw

but from ducky,

http://www.cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query="sony+dvd"&tag=srch&target=nw

this doesn't. i think "%" is being escaped hence we're getting ""sony+dvd"" ? as cnet is already doing that (and other weird providers). thinking out loud.

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