Any DuckDuckGo bang command (!?)*
in this post is a link. That is, it has a link embedded in it.
There also may be a link embedded in an asterisk – as in the second and third
examples below.
An asterisk may take you anywhere. Hover on it to see where. If nowhere, look for a footnote.
When in parentheses, bang commands link to results of a search for what they follow. When not, they link to results of a search for what they precede. Here are some examples:
Each bang command above links to the results of a site search. Hover on the link to see what site.
An exclamation point and an asterisk together make up a faux bang command, one that links to the results of searching a site that may have no custom bang command.
May all be well.*
George
When in parentheses, bang commands link to results of a search for what they follow. When not, they link to results of a search for what they precede. Here are some examples:
!yt Vancouver Unitarians / a bang command for YouTube
!ucv location / a bang command for Vancouver Unitarians (!g) … !ucv bang command is now history*
Unitarians care less about belief, more about how to live.* / link is to an archived page
“he taught a way of life” / Salzberg, Goenka, Buddha (!?)
power (!* !*) / two searches – each using a faux bang command – with results from each site
!* dismantling religion / UU losing freedom from dogma and hierarchy (!*)
Each bang command above links to the results of a site search. Hover on the link to see what site.
An exclamation point and an asterisk together make up a faux bang command, one that links to the results of searching a site that may have no custom bang command.
May all be well.*
George
2020-04-29T09:55−08* / April 29, 2020 – see bit.ly/dateposted
*a link – bang and faux bang commands (!*) in parentheses link to results of searches, such as light a candle (!?)*
you may want to use the simpler line below as a footnote to any of your writing where it applies
*a link – see note
*a link – bang and faux bang commands (!*) in parentheses link to results of searches, such as light a candle (!?)*
you may want to use the simpler line below as a footnote to any of your writing where it applies
*a link – see note