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Why do My Google Search Results Not Visit Page? [closed]

Hardware: Ubuntu 13.04, firefox-trunk When I do a google search for "test search," the results returned don't actually link to the URL I thought it would. Instead of pointing to wikipedia, for ...
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How add some permanent options to google search in Firefox

Is it possible to permanently add some options to google search in Firefox. I'm tired of all these spam sites and I'd like to have my own list of banned words that should be always attached to the ...
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Why do I have to always reset the zoom levels of Google in Firefox? [closed]

I let my nieces and nephew use my laptop. Now the results of a Google search are always zoomed in and I have to constantly keep pressing Ctrl0 for every search or even just from switching back and ...
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Embedded Google videos do not show in Mac OS X

I am trying to watch older videos (from Google Videos days) in my browser, like: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3377 I'm using Mac OS X. The video "Play" button appears in Safari, Firefox ...
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Firefox scrolls page when I use arrow keys to scroll search results from Google, Youtube, ebay, etc

I recently made the switch from Chrome to Firefox (more specifically the 64 bit Waterfox because Chrome doesn't make a 64 bit variant). Anyways, I noticed that when I used Chrome to search Google, ...
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Firefox: Add a custom Google search including pre-defined keywords

I'd like to figure out a way to have customized Google searches to choose from in the Firefox search bar in the top right corner. By customized I just mean the possibility to add specific pre-defined ...
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How can I get the Google Search menu back to the left side and see “total results” stats?

I'm using Firefox. One week ago Google changed its design, moving the menu to the top: That's fine with me, but I often need the "total results" stats, so I googled hard to change it back. No ...
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How can I disable SSL (https) google search in FireFox?

I know that Firefox 14 has enabled Secure Sockets Layer (SSL or https) search for its Google search plug-in. How can I disable it? Thanks,
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Firefox is only slow on Google. Fast on other sites

The girlfriend's computer is giving me a headache. It's a relatively new computer, less than a year old, Windows 7. She connects over wi-fi to Uverse. She uses Firefox, the latest version and has the ...
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Is there a way to have Firefox profiles and switch between them?

Here's my situation: I use various web applications like, say, Google calendar, so I log into Google and it remembers me. But my wife also does things with Google apps, like, say, Blogger. I help ...
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Is there a way to instruct Firefox to detect if a certain domain is hosted by Google Sites?

You cannot know beforehand if a site is hosted by Google or not. A blog can be Blogspot without having the blogspot.com domain, and in the same way any site can be hosted by Google Sites. Is there a ...
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Searching Google in Firefox causes a download dialog

Searching Google in Firefox causes a download dialog which detected JSon Activity ! It happens several times and interrupts my typing. I disabled half of my addons that I thought were suspicious. I ...
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Google SERP links going to random affiliate shopping sites [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now? Very odd issue here. I'm normally quite 'in the know' when it comes to dealing with ...
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Can't do Google UK searches with Firefox Search Box when HTTPS Everywhere is active

When HTTPS Everywhere 2.0.2 extension is active, searches in the built-in Firefox Search Box go to https://encrypted.google.com (instead of https://www.google.co.uk as desired). This means that I ...
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Can not acces Gmail.com, SSL error

I'm using a wired router connected to a ADSL line to conect my computer to internet, When I try to access gmail.com using Firefox it gives following error, Secure Connection Failed An error occurred ...
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Firefox Won't Save My Google Cookies Between Restarts

I'm using firefox 11 on Ubuntu. For some strange reason, Firefox won't save my google cookies between browser restarts. I have to log in to gmail every time I restart my browser, even if I click on ...
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stop google.com from redirecting to local web page

When I type http://google.com into the locaton bar and press ENTER the URL bar redirects to: file:///C:/Users/Administrator/AppData/Roaming/Google_Toolbar/Google_Toolbar/1.0.0.0/MyGoogle.html ...
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How can I change Google logo behaviour in Firefox with a userContent.css tweak?

Recently, Google changed the behavior of the Google logo on the subsearchpage (after you make a search and the logo is in the left corner) using Firefox 10 (probably since Firefox 8 same since version ...
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Does the mere presence of the Google search bar in Firefox mean I'm agreeing to Google's privacy policy?

I just upgraded to FF 10.0.2 and now there's this Google search bar at the top right of my url bar. I'm pretty sure my earlier version of FF didn't have it. Does the mere presence of this Google ...
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Why Firefox crashes using Google

My Firefox always crashes when using Google (search / mail). Tried uninstalling plugins, deleting and installing Firefox again but nothing helps. Any ideas?
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Firefox drop down selections

Sometimes when I search at google, the auto-suggested search queries are selected in a random order. The drop down will appear, but when I hit the down arrow, something random like the 3rd item is ...
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What's the new URL for a Google Images “Quick Search” bookmark in Firefox?

The above bookmark used to let me search Google Images by typing goimg mysearchterms in the address bar, in Firefox. Now, I get this. Obviously, Google has changed something. But, I can't ...
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Firefox keeps switching to yahoo when I want google

I am using firefox 7.0.1. and noticed that it kept on defaulting to using yahoo as its search engine. I then tried selecting "Manage search engines..." and deleted all of them other than google. Sadly ...
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Why do Google Images and YouTube work although I have images / Flash blocked?

I use a couple add-ons for Firefox that block Flash and images if I choose them to. However, they work well when I do a Google search for images and watch YouTube videos. How could it be that those ...
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How to remove distro-specific “branding” from Firefox in Linux Mint

I just switched from Ubuntu to Mint and I'd like to remove the mint branded Google custom search "feature" which does some strange things to the styling of the results page. I went into synaptic and ...
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Why does Google keep saying “Invalid URL”?

About once a week I try to visit the site "www.google.com" but a page appears that says: Invalid URL The requested URL "/", is invalid. Reference #9.ac9a1645.1315262080.114e51c8" I'm ...
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Why do all google.com pages give 404 errors in Firefox when the default domain is google.cz? [closed]

For some reason, whoever was on this computer before me set the default Google domain in Firefox to google.cz. I have tried going to the main page and clicking on the google.com link in the footer, ...
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Google search: when I try to edit in search box; cursor jumps to the end

My problem is with using google. 1) do a search, e.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=THIS+IS+VERY+UNIQUE+SEARCH+QUERY 2) when you are at results page, click on search query box (the editbox with my ...
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Is there a way to search for PDFs by the number of pages they have?

e.g. I often use filetype:pdf to search for PDFs on Google. It would be great if I could combine this with a filesize or number of pages keyword, or even if I could just preview these data in the ...
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Google search by image - Completely fails - drag and drop just loads image in browser

I am trying to use Google Search by Image, which was apparently implemented in July. Here are the instructions You are supposed to be able to drag an image from your computer onto the search box at ...
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Multiple Google sessions in Firefox after recent Google apps migrations

I cannot be logged to multiple Google Apps email reading anymore (company, non-profit foundation). Google has apparently done some changes and multiple Google accounts cannot be logged in to a ...
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Google blocked in Firefox version 3, other pages fine, works in other browsers

After some time of using Firefox (v.3x) I can no longer access google.com. The page to google.com never loads either from address bar or quick search. If I restart Firefox it works again for a while, ...
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Add-on for blocking sites in Google Search

I want to block Yahoo Answers for Google Search. As there is no option from Google for that. Is there any extensions for Chrome or add-ons for Firefox that can block sub-domain results from Google ...
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Firefox Google search redirect virus [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware? Can Anybody suggest me a tool or something else to solve 'Google search redirect virus' ? i tried ...
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Why would Firefox not be able to visit Google anymore?

Lately I've noticed that my Firefox Browser was taking a long time when I would search Google, e.g. 3 seconds before I would see any results. If I search for a three-word phrase, it just hangs trying ...
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How to block annoying Google RSS feed widget

This annoying Google RSS feed widget is just as annoying as this annoying Twitter search widget. How can I block it? I'm using Firefox.
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How does Google geo location service work? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does google My Location work ? I dont use google maps much, but I was using it today and I clicked the "Show my location" button for the first time, then firefox ...
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Google Chrome and Firefox cache in Ubuntu?

can anyone will tell me where I can find the cache used in Google Chrome and Firefox in Ubuntu?
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Choose between search and “I'm feeling lucky” at location bar

Normally when I type something that isn't a URL into the address bar I want to search for it, but sometimes I want to go straight to the site. Is there a way I can set Firefox up to do this? I'd ...
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Location for Google search and Firefox wrong

On a workstation I administer when ever the user opens Firefox or use Google to search for something both think I am in the Netherlands rather than the US. I have checked the location and language ...
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Add google as my search engine again

Experimentally, I removed google from the list of possible search engines in the search bar on firefox. Now I can't find it again--apparently so few people need to actually add google that it's ...
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Google reader Keyboard shortcuts not working in Firefox 3.6

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 which comes with Firefox 3.6.3. Now Google reader some keyboard shortcuts stopped working, The j/k keys are ok, but 'v', 'Shift+x' and others don't work and start the ...
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Firefox addon to search Google using “site:[current-website]” keyword?

I'm wondering is there an addon that lets you search (using default search bar preferably) the website in the current tab in Google with the "site:" keyword? This way I don't have to write the keyword ...
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Firefox is capturing Ctrl + Shift + g from Eclipse

I use Eclipse and Firefox on Windows 7. Ctrl + Shift + g in Eclipse is supposed to do a search for references, but instead it does a Google search in Firefox. Why is this happening, and how can I ...
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Language for google search field in firefox toolbar is wrong

I've got a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit) and for some reason the Google search field in the Firefox toolbar always searches google.jp. Given that I'm in Australia and struggle to read Japanese ...
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Change the default Google search domain [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Firefox 3.6 - Navigation Toolbar - Google search box language problem I am currently working from Germany. From Firefox, if I give something to search in the Google ...
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Firefox 3.6 - Navigation Toolbar - Google search box language problem

Using Win7 Home Prem with Firefox 3.6 I like using the google search box in the Navigation Toolbar because it's quicker to do a search but as i am English and i am in Thailand it seems to do the ...
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Two Google accounts in firefox for email/reader/openid

I usually checking my personal gmail account account at work, and I have another gmail account for work/professional purpose. Now I am starting to see more sites using OpenID. The problem I am facing ...
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How does precise GeoLocation in HTML5 work?

This is quite a long winded question, you can just skip to the last sentence if you don't care about the background info. I just tested out HTML5 geolocation using Firefox 3.5+, and it managed to ...
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Blocking experts-exchange from my Google results and/or computer [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible with Google searches to ban any and all results from a domain? The site experts-exchange is very annoying. How can I block it from my Google results? ...

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