diff --git a/content/technical/2011/09/custom-search-engine-safari.html b/content/technical/2011/09/custom-search-engine-safari.html index 3f19433..c5c94d4 100644 --- a/content/technical/2011/09/custom-search-engine-safari.html +++ b/content/technical/2011/09/custom-search-engine-safari.html @@ -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