Questions tagged [google-search]

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How to block Google Images while allowing Google?

It's harder and harder to block Google Images while allowing Google as their respective URLs have become very similar. Still, is there any way to achieve it today ?
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Tabbing to first Google result

I'm using Chrome 16.0.912.77 on Windows 7, with the Vimium plugin for Chrome. I prefer to navigate my browser with the keyboard as much as possible. A really useful feature of Chrome was that I could ...
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Opera default search engine settings

I recently purchased a new laptop. The language was initially set to UK English, but I am in South Africa, and so it should be South African English. Anyways, I changed it accordingly, and also ...
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Perform Google Search only for premises that are currently open

This is purely hypothetical, but let's say it's a Sunday afternoon, you really fancy fish and chips for tea, but most chippies are closed on a Sunday. Googling for fish and chip shops is easy enough, ...
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How can you track the requests your network sends to google?

I get an "Unusual traffic from your computer network" error when loading a Google search page in my browser (eg opening google.com), even after checking for malware on every machine on my network, ...
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Disable Google Search page's arrows besides results when scrolling up/down using keyboard

The blue arrow (marked in the figure above) hijacks the UP and DOWN in the keyboard and causes the page to jump on each result instead of scrolling smoothly. This page says that it has been bundled ...
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How to search Google Image's "search by image" using a copied image?

Once I copied an edited image from paint.NET and I wanted to search the image on Google. However, I only found a "Paste image URL" and "Upload an image". However, I didn't have an ...
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Any Google search results page gives me a blank screen in Google Chrome. Bing and Yahoo both work

Any Google search results page gives me a blank screen. The search results are there; I can click on them blindly. I cannot see the page at all. I've tried multiple browsers, so the problem is not ...
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Google search does not show images with advanced searches in Firefox

Every time I do an advanced search like, glossier "lidstar" review or use any other advanced command such as AND or OR I only get a few or sometimes zero image results. In the "all" section of the ...
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Batch file that search in google and opens specific web site

Is it possible to make a batch file which search a word in google and afterwords opens a specific web site? For example when i run this script @echo off cd C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer iexplore ...
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How to get https Google search if it is "turned off" in your network?

When searching on Google over public WiFi at a cafe, I am getting the message: SSL search is off This network has turned off SSL search, so you cannot see personalized results. The ...
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How to display direct URL of Google Custom Search query?

I tried adding a Google Custom Search Engine to my Firefox search bar. The search URL Firefox created looked something like this -- containing <my-custom-search-engine-ID> and the <query>: ...
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Userscript to add website screenshot for each google search result?

Before the "preview pane" for google web search results came out from their labs, there already were userscripts to have a visual snapshot for each and every website in a web search query result. ...
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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 instant stopped working

Since yesterday, my google instant search option dissappeared (Chrome). When I write something it won't show the options to fill the search bar. When I hit enter it takes a lot more time to get ...
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Automatically hide Google search results incuding specific keywords?

I was searching something like "xxx algorithm interview question list" on Google, but then there's a lot of stupid things showing up in the results: like "Interview...feel nervous ...
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Using IPv6 leads to "suspicious traffic" page when using Google Search

I have configured IPv6 tunnel provided by https://tunnelbroker.net/ on my router. IPv6 is working perfectly, but now I have another problem: when I try using http://google.com/ it says that suspicious ...
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Firefox Private Browsing: how to set search bar to use google.com/ncr by default?

Is there a place to change the Firefox installation so it uses google.com/ncr by default instead of the local google.com ? Other than having to set cookies each time the browser is opened, or install ...
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Are Chrome 'Other search engines' synced when logged into Google?

Are Chrome 'Other search engines' synced across devices when a user is logged into their Google account? See: chrome://settings/searchEngines > Other search engines Exploring the data that is ...
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Error uninstalling Google chromium

I downloaded Google chromium in /tmp directory in Linux. I want to uninstall it and by mistake I deleted /tmp directory. Chromium is not uninstalling now. What can I do now?
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Google custom search - result page doesn't display any results when I am using AMP

I am working on a wordpress website and I am using AMP plugin to make the website AMP compatible. The mode template that I am using is native. I have an issue related to google custom search and AMP. ...
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Can you explain what the 'index of ___' sites are?

I recently discovered that if you search on Google 'index of _' (where _ is a name of a TV serie, for instance the mythical Lost) you find a list of episodes that are available for download. These ...
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What is keyboard shurtcut for choosing from google search results directly?

Problem: In previous versions of Chrome it was possible to go directly to search result with pressing once Tab, then use up/down arrows to choose from the results and press Enter to choose it. Right ...
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What is going on in the IE cache at runtime

I am writing a script in Excel VBA to get the thumbnails off a google images search. When trying to figure out how to clean up the temporary files made in this automated search, I stumbled upon the ...
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Rambler under Google search engine

These days somehow it started that whenever I search something with Google or any of my search engines in Opera only, I get search result in Rambler (in Russian language). In Preferences I don't have ...
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Google search results greyed out on Firefox

I logged in to my work computer today and came across this weird issue: It's worth noting that none of these websites were visited by me. I tried opening Firefox in Safe Mode but the issue persists. ...
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Google searches with "link:" don't seem to work

According to https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?p=adv_pages_similar&hl=en&rd=1, link: should find pages that link to a certain page, but that feature doesn't seem to work. ...
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How to fetch Google search query trending data if "Not enough search volume to show graphs"?

I'm searching for trending of a certain first Google Instant recommendation. Google Trends says not enough search volume to show graphs. However since it's the first recommendation, I do believe ...
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How to get <arrow key down> to focus on first google hit?

At my school on a linux (Ubuntu) machine, if I google something and then press arrow key down, a cursor will show next to the first hit. I can then navigate down or up to select the link I want and ...
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using google to search for webpages from a given time period

I would like to search google for a given string, eg. "how to train zombies", but I only want the newest information on this exciting topic, say all information written after 2013. Google has an ...
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View most popular keywords used in conjunction with X

I know how to use Google trends to explore the popularity of keywords over time or resolved by the geographical region. I would however also be interested in finding out what other keywords are ...
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How do I change the default google search country for the location/search bar in Firefox 24+?

I usually search from the location/search bars in Firefox 24 ESR. Unfortunately, google thinks I'm in India and defaults to giving me "Indian results". I'd like to change the search country via the ...
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Google search results page on my Firefox looks different

The Google's Search results page on my FF looks different than the usual page I see on other days. Attached below is the screenshot: I checked on several other computers and the Google search results ...
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How do I make Firefox's Google search use a region-specific URL directly?

When I search for something using the Google search engine on Firefox's top right, it first checks www.google.com which then gets redirected to www.google.co.in. When I'm on a slow connection, this ...
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Chrome loses scroll position on Google search results

Try this: Go to google.com Search something like stackoverflow Scroll down and click on the last link, for me it was Alexa Press the back button, it's okay if the page didn't finish loading Chrome ...
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validating / sanitizing google results for posting online

i sometimes want to link to a search result page of Google services. but the address bar URL is "dirty" http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&cites=415785132359889643&um=1&ie=...
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How can I prevent frame breaking in Chrome from Google image searches, etc.?

More often than not, websites with any number of images will use frame breaking scripts to lose Google Image Search's results frame (e.g. this relatively benign case). While I somewhat understand the ...
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Google search results: getting page with actual links on iPad

I use an app called Offline Pages to save web pages on my ipad. Often save my search results and all of the Links on that page, then I don't have to wait for pages to load, so I can explore the ...
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Why does my google chrome search engine box always appear empty?

Why does my google chrome search engine box always appear empty? First thought I was entering search sites like amazon incorrectly. Then realized that I could not see the site I had just entered, no ...
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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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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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Get safari's search bar to use https?

In Safari, I have set my homepage to: https://www.google.com So, when I search from the homepage, my search results route over HTTPS and I also see my +1s However, if I use the Safari's right-side ...
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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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Is there a way to search the web and my own hard drive at the same time?

I have lots of PDFs and other documents on my hard drive, many of which aren't online anywhere. If I know something is online, I can use Google. If I know something is on my drive, I can use ...
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Remove youtube videos from Google search results

Lately, I have been noticing more and more Youtube videos in my Google search results. These are almost never what I'm looking for. When conducting a search, is there any way to have Google only ...
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Search topic at home device is pushed as ad banner on my office device's Yahoo page -- am I being hacked?

What I searched at home appeared as ad banner on my office device on Yahoo page, this is too creepy 1.both browsers are not login nor sync 2.the office device is new and I set it up at home (that's ...
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Google Search not showing all Images

How do I fix an issue with Google Search not showing all images? If I search using Microsoft Bing or Yahoo!, images are showing but when using Google Search, 3rd row onwards is faulty. I have tried ...
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Google Search Queries Periodically Timeout

We are experiencing intermittent timeouts (Chrome error: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT) and/or significantly delayed queries when attempting to search Google.com. When using Firefox, when the issue is ...
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Edge Browser Thinks User is in Hong Kong

I'm working with a user where they're using MS Edge to get answers to their questions. When they access google from Edge, it redirects them to google.com.hk. Even when they try to search for random ...
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Firefox address bar trying to open files

I frequently Google search the meaning of C++ functions and variables. For example, I want to google search std::destroy_at to navigate to the cppreference page. In Chrome, typing std::destroy_at into ...
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