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Google top 100 words searched for
Is there any way to see the list of top words searched for on Google? I'm looking for a range of somewhere like 100-500 words.
The problem with Google Hot Trends/Searches and Google Zeitgeist is that ...
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How do I specify a filetype in a Google search?
Is there a syntax to specify a filetype in a Google search? What is it? (I'm looking for PDFs.)
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It looks like Google is saving my search history and tying them to my account. How do I turn this off now?
For a long time, when you would be logged in via something like Gmail or even a straight "Google Account", you could go into the privacy/advanced settings and turn on something to save your search ...
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Service that shows most popular queries/keywords related to a specific topic X? [closed]
I know Google Trends/Zeitgeist. But what I'm looking for is a service where you can enter, for example "Politics", and then the service gives out the most popular queries containing "Politics"-keyword ...
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How do we access the previous versions of Google caches?
How do we access the "earlier caches" of Google?
For example, the website http://www.onemillionpeople.com/ is current down for maintenance.
When I access the Google's web cache, it still shows ...
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Force Google search to use only the exact words typed, no spellcheck or synonyms
How can I force Google search to use only the exact words (not entire phrase) I typed and not to use spell check and similar words/synonyms?
Here is a query I performed in Google search:
Mayavi ...
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How to change black Google bar back to white?
Today, the Google Apps bar went to black. How do you change it back to white?
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+1 a website in Google search results using the keyboard
How do I +1 a website I see in Google search using the keyboard?
I love the use of arrow keys to navigate the search results and would like to +1 the websites I like. I don't want to move away from ...
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Google: How to escape double quotes inside a phrase search?
With Google I can do exact match searches like this:
"exact match phrase"
What if I would like to include double quotes like this?:
" "exact match" phrase"
Is this possible? Can I escape somehow?
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How can one send multiple word OR queries to Google?
I am trying to send Google a search query with several units, some containing more than one word, separated by the boolean operator OR. Usually I'd write:
(Oneword, Two words, Something containing ...
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What are the differences between localized and encrypted Google search?
What is the difference in my search results when I search from Australia using:
http://www.google.com.au/
And when I search from the same country using:
https://encrypted.google.com/
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How to search similar sites with Google?
One addition to Firefox provides button to search similar sites with Google, not pages. I've forgotten its name and I can't look at its query.
So how can I search similar sites with Google?
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Google “latest” or realtime search of Twitter statuses
Some time ago there was an advanced type of Google search, accessible via left panel (more search tools and time period limiting). The results of latest was almost realtime, and there was an ...
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Google Search is giving more results for a query when it's quoted
Search results:
218m - "blog post"
204m - blog post
I expected it to be the other way around, at least.
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Where can I report bugs relating to Google Search?
I'm looking for either an URL with a feedback form or an email address.
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How do I turn off Google Suggest permanently?
There used to be an option for turning Google Suggest off permanently, but since Google Instant was launched it appears to be gone. A temporary solution is to open
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How does Google decide which pages define a word?
In Google, if you use the search term "define:mathematics" it will provide you with definitions of the word mathematics.
How does Google determine which pages on the web are definitions for that ...
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Can I make parental searches on Bing / Google?
Is it possible to make searches on Bing, Google or another search machine, that will only show results that is, for example, PG-rated?
For example, if I wanted to send a school student to search on ...
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How to search this on Google?
It's a little meta...
.. But how do I "properly" search for something like Visual C++ Executable Stack on Google?
(See below for an illustration of the problem.)
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On Google search, is there a way to disable autocomplete but keep Instant?
Google Instant has gotten to a level of speed that makes it extremely usable. Now that I like it, I'd like to turn off autocomplete, which seems to get in the way of the Instant results, more than ...
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Switch off drag and drop feature of Google image search
How do I turn off Google's drag and drop image-based search feature?
When you go to the Google Image search engine, people can drop a picture into the search box and the results of the search will be ...
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Filter specific words from Google search suggestions
I'd like to stop specific search terms (such as "gaming", "newgrounds", and "knowyourmeme") from appearing in my Google Search suggestions, since these terms tend to distract me from what I'm actually ...
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Is there an API for searching only recently indexed webpages?
I'm looking for an API that allows me to do a web search query, but filtered by how recently the page was published or indexed (could be indexed by Google or Yahoo! or anyone that indexes a similar ...
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Method for searching for email addresses on Google
How should I be googling for an email address in a way that minimizes false positives (while avoiding false negatives)?
That is, just searching the email address isn't enough, since you end up with a ...
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Google Search: Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network.
I frequently the below message when using Google search:
Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network.
This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, ...
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Can we teach Google Search sites that we prefer?
I know we can teach Google which sites we want blocked, but is there a way to let it know what sites we prefer.
For example, when I search for a movie title I would rather Rotten Tomatoes to come up ...
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Is there a way to make Google search results default to “Past Year”?
Mostly self-explanatory... Every time I perform a Google search I would like it to display results using the "Past Year" option from the "More Search Tools" menu on the left by default.
My main ...
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Why don't I see the text from Google's excerpt when I visit a site?
Here's an example of a Google search result where the text from the excerpt is nowhere to be found on that page.
Why does this happen?
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How to exclude a domain from Google search?
I would like to do a search query and filter out all results from www.foo.com. How do I do that?
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Search Engine that will return results based on date
Is there a way to use a search engine, preferably Google, that will yield results based on a date?
For example, I would like to search on a term and only return results as if I was searching for that ...
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How to get Google search to stop trying to fix my spelling?
For example, I'm searching for pages that contain the word "quiet". Google.com is happily returning hits with "quite" (and even showing them in bold!), even though that word obviously has nothing to ...
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How do I find something in Google cache?
Here's a scenario. Someone I don't fully trust posts on a forum that he saw some interesting materials in some specific Twitter account tweets and cites those materials.
I want to be sure that ...
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Is it possible to see on which Google result page a website is?
I was just wondering whether or not it is possible to obtain information about the rank of a website for a given search term on Google, or on which page it is.
E.g. if you search for 'computer' ...
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How to remove google search result?
How to remove google search result ?
It contain my full name and surname and email address like personal information.
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Date criteria for Google search
Sometimes I'm looks for date-sensitive information and don't want to see results more than a certain age. Is there a way to specify this in my search?
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How do I exclude results with the .php file extension in Google search?
I spend a lot of time searching for resources about PHP. As the search narrows and the results get fewer, I begin to get a lot of noise from pages unrelated to my research, simply appearing there ...
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Google search by date?
How can I list all Google search hits in order of date of page modification or indexing rather than by rank?
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How do I disable Google Instant Previews?
Is there an official way to disable the Google Instant Previews feature?
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Did Google just get rid of search history?
Google Instant is making me a little sick to my stomach. Does anybody know if they're logging all your "potential" searches? And whether or not your old search history still exists?
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Search Gmail for emails with no text (except for signature)
I want to create a Gmail filter that uses the Canned Responses labs feature to automatically send a reply to messages that have no text in the body, apart from any signatures. How can I do this?
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Google Instant Keyboard Navigation stopped working
I just noticed that the keyboard navigation stopped working for me in Google Chrome. I tried to re-activate Google Instant and to re-login, but that didn't solve it. How can I reactivate it? Or do you ...
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Limit a Google search to history only
In Google, I want to seach for words "rungs" "lunar module" but I want to search only the pages I have visited in the last 7 days.
Does anyone know how to do this?
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Why does Google skip my search result?
Recently, I was actually searching for some pdf documents on Google.
My search query was:
conditions for view Serializability
The result page looked like this:
The first result was exactly what ...
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Filter or sort Google search results by “number of posts”
I love the "X Posts" flourish that adorns certain Google search results (usually indicating that the link leads to some sort of forum).
Is there a way to limit results to only those with posts, or ...
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How do I restrict a Google search to a certain category?
I work with the programming language Scala. Unfortunately the name is also used in many other contexts. In Google Insights I can restrict the search to a certain category. In the filter section I can ...
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How do I change my Google search location? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I access google.com outside the US?
Is there a way to tell Google to speak to me in English, instead of German?
When searching google by using the Chrome (12.0 ...
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How do I search for businesses in a specific area on Google and sort by rating?
I'm having a heck of a time figuring out which of Google's properties will allow me to do this seemingly simple search:
I want a list of businesses in a specific area, sorted by customer rating.
For ...
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Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” URLs no longer working?
In the past, adding &btnl to a google search URL would turn it into an "I'm feeling lucky" search, which would redirect you straight to the first result.
I.e. ...
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Automatic search tool that used a link? Google or Bing [closed]
I remember there was a version of Google or Bing that you could input a search query, hit enter, and get the link for that, and send it to someone, and they could watch the query type itself out and ...
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Keyboard-only usage of Google Search
How can I perform a Google search without using the mouse?
I want to be able to:
type in the search term and start the search ( possible already since I use a browser search bar );
navigate through ...
