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https://github.com/davwheat/let-me-really-google-that-for-you
A version of LMGTFY, without ads or trackers, and that ACTUALLY uses Google (and other search engines)!
https://github.com/davwheat/let-me-really-google-that-for-you
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A version of LMGTFY, without ads or trackers, and that ACTUALLY uses Google (and other search engines)!
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/davwheat/let-me-really-google-that-for-you
- Owner: davwheat
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-02-15T02:33:19.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-06-10T00:54:56.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-13T20:12:20.004Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: google, lmgtfy
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://lmrgtfy.davwheat.dev/
- Size: 4.24 MB
- Stars: 26
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Let me REALLY Google that for you!
A version of [LMGTFY](https://lmgtfy.app), without ads or trackers, and that ACTUALLY uses Google (and other search engines)!
**[Try it out!](https://lmrgtfy.davwheat.dev/)**
## Introduction
I used to love ~~pissing people off~~ teaching people by using LMGTFY, but they began pushing their "own" search engine instead of Google, then preventing you overriding this with `&ovr=1` in the URL.
I made this as a solution to this.
## URL format
The URL format tries to be as simple as possible, and matches the original LMGTFY syntax when using simplified. **We default to Google**, so if you're cool with that, you don't need to add the `se` parameter.
**Simplified**
```
https://lmrgtfy.davwheat.dev/?q=
```
**Full**
```
https://lmrgtfy.davwheat.dev/?q=&se=
```
### Search query
The query should be any URL encoded string. Escape special characters using their standard `%` escape methods.
```js
// Examples
"hello there" => "hello%20there"
"Howdy! How are you?" => "Howdy!%20How%20are%20you?"
```
If you want to easily find the URI encoded version of a string, open your browser's DevTools, switch to the Console tab and enter `encodeURIComponent("text")`.
### Search engine ID
Below are the currently supported search engines. I plan to add more in the future.
| ID | Search engine | Website |
| :---: | ------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `g` | Google | [google.com](https://google.com/) |
| `ddg` | DuckDuckGo | [duckduckgo.com](https://duckduckgo.com/) |
## Hosting
All the hosting is done right here using GitHub Pages.