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getting the submitted information on the first page of google search [closed]
I created a HTML page and hosted it on a server. That had my contact details. Now i want to see that information on the first page of google search. Is there any way i can do this ? Also I have ...
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Firefox : 2 different URLs for bookmarks : keyword (for as search engine) and base
With a bookmark of IMDb "http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s" and a keyword "imdb", I can type "imdb seven" then enter, and it will send me at "http://www.imdb.com/find?q=seven".
But how – with the same ...
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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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Does using DuckDuckGo on Chrome or Chromium browsers eliminate the privacy advantage? [closed]
The search engine DuckDuckGo purports to be much more private than other search engines such as Google. However, I use the Google Chromium browser which, I believe is collecting data on my web usage. ...
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how to make a browser/search engine ignore detecting current location
A lot of people are annoyed (including me) when a browser/search engine detects the regional settings. If I am in Romania, it redirect the search engine to google.ro and sets the language to RO. I ...
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How do I add additional parameters to query string of a Firefox Search Plugin?
I have just installed the DuckDuckGo add-on in Firefox 11.0, running on XP SP 3.
I would like to add additional parameters to the query string. However, any changes I make are not reflected in the ...
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Where can a find a video search site with an HD filter?
Is there any site that I can use to search YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, etc. for HD videos in 720p and up?
Some time ago I recall being able to do this with Google Video Search but that feature is ...
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Refining searches step by step
Say I am searching for job openings, most results would be uninteresting, for example I might get peoples CVs instead of job openings, or I might want to exclude posts from people who post a lot ...
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can't add a new search engine in chrome
After I enter a new search engine and its URL, how can I actually add it? There is no button to push, actually there are no control elements whatsoever.
I will appreciate your help in this matter.
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Replace Google with Bing in Firefox
I do not accept Google’s new privacy policy, so I have switched to Bing. Is there a way to replace the google on Firefox’s start page with a bing?
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Simple searching of one directory of HTML files [closed]
I have a directory of files like so:
accordance-temporary-downloads
accordance-temporary-downloads.md
add-to-dock-from-commandline
add-to-dock-from-commandline.md
dock-settings-via-defaults-write
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Desktop/server search engine with night time indexing
Is there some desktop/server search engine (such as Google Desktop or Copernic) satisfying the below requests.
Requests:
Must work on Windows server and Windows 7 environments.
Indexing can be ...
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Full-Text Search Through My Bookmarks?
I would like to be able to search through pages which I have bookmarked. Like a Google search but limited to my bookmarks.
Firefox allows you to search through your bookmarks but only the URL, Title ...
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How to save/export Firefox search engines
I got many different search engines added to my search toolbar in Firefox (version 8). As I'm facing a soon re-install of my O/S, I need want to backup these search engines - preferably also the ...
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How to add Google as search engine in Internet Explorer 8
I don't have Google listed among available search engines.
Search for "Google" in the IE Gallery finds nothing.
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Google Chrome custom search engine for secure Wikipedia through Google search
I have this custom search engine set up in Google Chrome:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%s&btnI=1
It searches Google for site:en.wikipedia.org {query}, and the btnI=1 ...
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How can I make Firefox use local Google for search?
I live in the UK and it's really annoying that the Google results are always American. How can I configure Firefox to use google.co.uk instead of google.com?
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How do I change the search engine used by about:home?
Firefox 4's default home page provides a search engine with some snippets below. Is there any way to customize the search engine used through about:config or some other configuration file?
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Custom Chrome Search Engine for site with frames does not work
Usually when I search something on a site, Google Chrome automatically adds it to Preferences -> Basics -> Search -> Manage Search Engines -> Other search engines.
However, even though I searched ...
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How do I change linux mint's default search in Chromium to normal?
I've used Linux Mint for over 6 months, and have been loving it until I installed Mint 11 today. Everything was great until I loaded up chromium and saw that it only allows you to search through ...
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - Switching between search engines
How to switch between search engines in the search bar of Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 ?
See also this link
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Emacs line number
I am having problems obtaining a line number while within an emacs buffer. I have the following number in my initilization file: (setq line-number-display-limit 2000000), and I have verified that line ...
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How to find out on how many Web sites a word or phrase occurs?
For many search queries, especially those with phrases in quotation marks ("), search engines often state a very wrong number of search results on the first results page.
E.g., For query "my house ...
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Search Keyword/Abbreviation in Internet Explorer 9
In Chrome I rely heavily on search "keywords" as a shortcut for searching specific sites. For instance to search Google I quickly type g some topic, or to search youtube yt funny video, Wolfram Alpha ...
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Is there 'file indexer' for EVERY file on linux?
I'm using winXP and openSUSE...
On win, I have 'search everything' tool, which indexes every file in comp..
Is there a similar tool for linux..
It saves me much time...
Thank you...
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Change the default search engine for Firefox's address bar
I love the ability to just type something into Firefox's address bar and do a google search. But I was wondering if there was some way to customise what search engine it used?
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Firefox - built in search engine toolbar broken
When I change the order of the search engines (Toolbar -> Manage Search Engines -> Move up / down -> Ok) it changes the order, until I close and reopen the browser. I can't imagine that's the way ...
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How can I restore my Chrome search engine list after beta killed it?
So I have loads of keyword sites (>100) built into Chrome (8.0.552.231) in what it calls search engines even though most are actually simple keyword links and only a few actually search anything. I ...
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Is there a neat / organized way to edit the Chrome Search Engines list?
I really want to sort by url, name, or keyword in a spreadsheet-style list so I can make changes quickly. Chrome 6 on OSX 10.6.
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How to really change Firefox search engine plugin's name?
I tried to change the search engine plugin's name (displayed in the drop down menu when you're switching search engines) but to no avail.
I changed the os:ShortName tag in the search plugin xml file ...
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How to search specific file format on the internet for download purpose
For example : I want to search for specific file format (NES format) on internet to download.How to search to download from direct-link?
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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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Why is Firefox searching with Bing when it shouldn't be?
I have changed the Firefox default keyword.url in about:config to http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q= but when I search from the address bar it goes to Bing.
How is this possible? ...
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How to disable Microsoft hostname lookup “enhancements”?
Recently, I found if I enter a single word query "blah" into a browser (Firefox or Safari) on my home Windows machine (not connected to domain) then search is redirected to Bing, instead of my default ...
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Excel + Search Engine?
is there any way a spreadsheet program (like Excel) can communicate with a search engine (like Google or WolframAlpha ?)
The perfect method would be a excel macro that could ask feed the search ...
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Can I search for HTML meta tags? [closed]
Is there a search engine that will allow me to search for specific HTML meta tag values?
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Software automatic content analysis of pdf files
Is there an open sourc/ commercial software which can perform automatic content analysis (to produce wishful summaries) in a large collection of pdf documents which have tagged meta-data for easy ...
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Why would image thumbnails not be showing in all search engines in all browsers?
For over a week now, when I search for a word at Google, it correctly gives me some preview image thumbnails:
But when I click on "images", it doesn't show me any thumbnails:
The same thing ...
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Generate metadata of all files in a dir?
We are working on a project that is quite big, and its stored in an SVN repository under different folders with many files all over the place. Quite often, it is hard to locate the document that has a ...
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How to get more search engines in Chrome right click?
Right now, if I select something and do a right click, the only search option I see is
Search Google for 'whatever I
selected'
For example:
How do I add more search engines to this list?
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Search for rot13 text
Is it possible to do web searches for ROT13 text?
I guess you could type in the literal ROT13'd text you're after, but that'd only cover exact matches.
Background: Became curious once I did a ROT13 ...
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Web browser/Software that search several search engines at the same time
Is there a software that I can install to perform search on many search engines/portal at the same time.
I'm doing a lot of research and I would need to check on google, bing, yahoo and so on at the ...
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Google Chrome's quick search in Firefox?
I recently switched back to Firefox from Chrome for a number of reasons, but there is one Chrome feature I really miss. For instance, I had the Wikipedia set to search with the keyword "w," so to ...
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Tool for searching & analyzing results from multiple search engines
Are there any tools/programs which can simultaneously search multiple search engines and analyze the results?
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How do I get country specific results when using iGoogle?
Since I signed up for iGoogle, my search results have become less useful. Before, results would be weighted towards my locale - UK - so that I'd get shopping results in pounds, and .co.uk sites first. ...
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Why do search engines often show a too large number of total results?
Whenever you try to search something in google or any other search engines .. They include total number of search results which always exceeds the simple/readable numerical value ..
Where as the fact ...
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How can i know How many and which pages, files of my site are crawl-able by search engines?
How can i know How many and which pages, files of my site are crawl-able by search engines?
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Can I search the RapidShare-like servers for certain files?
RapidShare's answer to that question is:
No, RapidShare protects the privacy of
its users. Only the person storing a
file on RapidShare receives the
download link. That person can decide
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Common searching mistakes
I'm writing a paper on how to use search engines (directed towards people who weren't raised by Google) and I'm having troubling thinking of examples of bad searches (that people actually do). The ...
