I use duck duck go as my default in my search bar, but I rarely actually use it to search the web directly. Instead, I use the !bang features to get where I need to go faster without taking my hands off the keyboard. Some examples:
ctrl-t !w cyclocross
ctrl-t !g site:ohio.gov filetype:pdf economic development
ctrl-t !w cyclocross
ctrl-t !g site:ohio.gov filetype:pdf economic development
ctrl-t !image sad reaction gif