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@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ or other extensions, which I wasn't interested in.
[duck]: http://duckduckgo.com/
[hack]: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436
**Update:** There an easier way to achive what I describe below: Just
add a hosts file entry for search.yahoo.com that points at DuckDuckGo's
IP address and set you search engine to Yahoo! in Safari. [See DuckDuckGo
for the full instructions][hosts].
[hosts]: http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/255650
My solution to the problem was to hijack the Bing option in the default
search box for use with DDG. **Note:** This solution assumes you will
never want to go to the `www.bing.com` domain, not a problem for me. The