Compare with DDG's existing bang code for HN: !hn + startup + ideas
That searches hnsearch.com directly, and gives good results on hnsearch for the search terms.
The "plugin" search from the post has an hnsearch box at the top of DDG's results page, but when you follow the hnsearch link, those results are not as good as the !hn search (IMO).
The nice thing about the "plugin" search is that there are results from the rest of the web. But that's normal.
The in part is they get submitted and we try hard to make them all useful and thus "in" DDG by default. However, ultimately you could a) consume them in your own applications (off DDG); and b) choose to turn some off or on more of the time.
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=hn+startup+ideas
Compare with DDG's existing bang code for HN: !hn + startup + ideas
That searches hnsearch.com directly, and gives good results on hnsearch for the search terms.
The "plugin" search from the post has an hnsearch box at the top of DDG's results page, but when you follow the hnsearch link, those results are not as good as the !hn search (IMO).
The nice thing about the "plugin" search is that there are results from the rest of the web. But that's normal.
Am I missing something?