Search engine owned and developed by Google
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1answer
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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/
1
vote
1answer
55 views
Can one use any search engine in order to find a set of keywords on a site (not page)?
The problem I'm trying to solve is that I'd like to buy a set of products online (FYI: Topeak F25, F66, F55, iPhone DryBag, and ProPack Small).
For convenience, and to save on shipping costs, I'd ...
67
votes
6answers
1k views
Is there any way to give more (or less) weight to words in a Google search?
Sometimes I may prefer results that have a certain term:
resize image bookmarklet +chrome
In this example, I want a bookmarklet to resize images. Preferably, I want one that works in chrome, ...
19
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4answers
2k views
Keyboard shortcut to access the first link in a Google search page?
What is the keyboard shortcut to access the first result in a Google search page?
Any "hacks" would be fine, as long as it does not require the mouse.
3
votes
1answer
165 views
Search Pinboard and Google at the same time
Is there a way to search pinboard when I search google? Evernote has that kind of functionality.
EDIT:
The search functionality I'm looking for is the parallel search functionality that the evernote ...
2
votes
2answers
621 views
How can I make Google do one-shot searches in a specific language only?
When I use Google to search the web, I usually get German results first and English results later when I use search terms that make sense in both languages. Since I am German and live in Germany, this ...
2
votes
1answer
184 views
Stop Google search personalization keeping search history
I know I can stop Google search personalization by not logging in or clearing web history. What I want to do is to keep my search history, but stop Google to personalize my search query. Because I ...
2
votes
1answer
124 views
It is possible for Google Search to give me results (prioritized) from Google History/Bookmarks?
The title pretty much summarizes what I want to know. Long time ago, I remember something called Google Custom Search, but I'm afraid that Google shut down that service too.
Anyway, I love to bookmark ...
6
votes
2answers
72 views
Find class schedules near our location
How can we find class schedules nearby? In this case our location is New York.
Some of my friends, graduates of science major (biology, math, physics), are looking for classes that teach web ...
2
votes
1answer
100 views
How to show Google's word definition
If you type certain words in Google search, for example loquacious, Google will show some kind of dictionary definition for it, as well as how to spell the word. But for other words the word ...
2
votes
0answers
43 views
Is it possible to list resulted papers by number of its citation in Google Scholar?
I use Google Scholar to search papers a lot. When I type in the key words, Google Scholar finds papers which contain those key words. I’m wondering, can Google Scholar sort these papers by their ...
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votes
1answer
110 views
Google Search with Special Character [closed]
What is the output provided by google when we search given below format
"Keywords"
"Keywords"/
"Keywords"/*
3
votes
1answer
359 views
Google seach query without omitting similar results
Many times google omits search results which are similar (you can click on the last results page to show the omitted ones). How can I query google search without omitting the similar?
2
votes
1answer
238 views
How to search CSS / JavaScript files with Google?
Is there a way to find CSS / JavaScript files that contain certain keywords:
in the title ?
in the code ?
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vote
2answers
491 views
6
votes
2answers
995 views
Prevent many results from same domain in Google search
A few months ago Google changed their default behavior so that there is no limit to the number of results listed from the same domain. Previously, it would list one or two results and provide a link ...
7
votes
1answer
600 views
Why doesn't Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” feature work in this specific case?
Why does this work:
http://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+site:en.wikipedia.org&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
And so does this:
(Note: loads YouTube video) ...
1
vote
1answer
166 views
Sort search results by popularity
Is it possible to sort Google Search results by popularity for a given search term? Also, is it possible to sort results by popularity for a specific website (e. g., Wikipedia)?
3
votes
1answer
261 views
Google: exclude a certain page from search [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to exclude a domain from Google search?
I sthere a way, when I'm using Google search to construct the query such that it will not show me the results from a certain ...
2
votes
2answers
141 views
Googling for a string not in another
Is there a way to search Google for a Web page that has a specific word even not as part of a specific phrase?
For example: Let's say I want to search for license, and my search turns up many pages ...
0
votes
1answer
65 views
How to use Google Search + Your World?
I have read the official blog, but still I am not able to see how do I use this feature?
I have tried a lot of Google Searches but nothing shows up.
I have taken this pic from net, I do not see any ...
0
votes
1answer
137 views
Why do YouTube results in a Google search lead to a redirect page?
I've noticed recently (last few weeks) that when I click on a youtube video from a Google search I get taken to a redirect page (happens instantly) before I actually land on the video on youtube.com. ...
4
votes
3answers
602 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
353 views
How Can I Get Google to Stop Thinking I'm A Bot
So, I'm getting the occasional CAPTCHA message, which is irritating but fine, but occasionally Google just blocks my network wholesale. I've submitted automated requests to unblock it, but I have no ...
3
votes
1answer
138 views
How can I do a Google search about github without getting results from public repositories?
I tried to search a private code base on github for a string that included a [*. It gave me a pretty 500 error page so I jumped over to Google and searched for "github search special characters". ...
2
votes
1answer
149 views
Searching Google for files and pages which contain .something
I am doing some security research, and am wanting to search Google for hidden files that have been accidentally included in websites.
These hidden Unix files are all ".filename" and ...
8
votes
4answers
1k views
Disable Google +1 functionality
How do I disable Google +1 functionality from appearing in my searches?
I want to remove "+1" icon from Google Search results, is there way to do so?
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Exclude results from Google Search where keywords are in link titles instead of content
How can I make Google search exclude link titles from showing up as matching when I want the keywords to match on page content?
For example, I want to find out how I can use the Kendo UI grid ...
2
votes
0answers
431 views
How can I find cached file of Google Chrome? [closed]
What I want to do is making application that uses chrome cache file which is saved in local disk.
(Only separate cached file. e.g. f_001bf0)
ChromeCacheView application is very similar with my ...
3
votes
1answer
238 views
Is it possible to search for a specific HTML tag within a site using a search engine?
I want to search a single website for pages that do or do not have a canonical URL specified (<link rel='canonical' href='http://www.site.com/pageCannonicalUrl.htm' />). Is it possible to do ...
0
votes
2answers
328 views
Why doesn't Ctrl+click work in Google's search results, and how would I give feedback to Google?
When I get search results from Google, the feature of Chrome to open the link in a new window when I use Ctrl + click doesn't work. (I believe I've seen this occasionally in some versions of Opera as ...
0
votes
1answer
849 views
Search Google for a term with square brackets [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I search for a keyword with special characters in Google Search?
I am trying to search something on Google.com using square bracket(s). Example:
"[something"
...
3
votes
2answers
251 views
Exclude number range in Google Search
I would like to exclude search results containing numbers in a specific range. My best search term so far was:
foo -1950..2009
Google, however seems to ignore the minus sign and return results with ...
2
votes
1answer
448 views
Different results from Google Chrome and Internet Explorer using Google
When I search for .NET related questions on Google Chrome using Google, it does not display results from MSDN.
When I do the same search from Internet Explorer I get results from MSDN.
I clear out ...
1
vote
2answers
188 views
Personalize Google Search to show certain sites based on keyword or term trigger
Can I set some sort of preference to say, when df is typed, set the first result to be bay12games... on my computer alone and not for the entire web?
Say I want to type this in Google Search:
df
...
0
votes
2answers
125 views
Request pull down of a Picasa album attached to my name in searches
Using Google I found a Picasa album of mine of a mission trip to Bolivia. I never gave permission to put it out there for everyone. Or at least I don't remember doing so.
How do I take it offline and ...
0
votes
1answer
305 views
Excluding all URLs containing a specific word
Suppose I enter the following search string:
msdn proxy website
I get a list of results that contains (among other results) sites which have the word msdn in their URL. What if I want to exclude ...
6
votes
2answers
210 views
Do your +1's affect your own Google results?
Your Google plus connections' +1s affect your own Google results. But how about your +1s? If you +1 a site, will it affect your own Google results? For example, if you +1 Stack Exchange, will Stack ...
8
votes
3answers
5k views
How to sort Google Scholar search results by number of citations?
There appears to be no way to sort Google Scholar search results by any field. If somebody has figured out a way to do so, please share.
10
votes
2answers
432 views
Using Google Search to find what a symbol means without knowing what it's called
I was doing math homework and wanted to find out what ⊃ means, so I entered the symbol ⊃ in Google Search.
However, I got no search results. How can I use Google to find out what symbols mean?
3
votes
1answer
77 views
Is there a way to keep Google search settings when logged-in with the Google account?
I have three computers, where I use three different browsers in each computer. I sometimes have to re-change the settings for Google search, even if I am logged-in with my Google account.
Is there a ...
0
votes
1answer
384 views
Searching for a particular term on Google under a specific website domain
I want to search on Google for some terms but the requirements are that the website's domain name must be .edu. How do I set up my search to filter out all those websites and domains that do not end ...
3
votes
1answer
579 views
How do I search for keywords in Google Docs, and see the results with context?
I have many documents stored on Google Docs as text or spreadsheets.
In many of them I put little "todo: something notes"
I would like to search though them and see a list somewhere
Is that ...
5
votes
3answers
122 views
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.)
3
votes
1answer
599 views
What do these Google search operators/attributes mean?
In the Google Chrome search engines, there is the default engine URL defined as: ...
5
votes
2answers
274 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
240 views
Can't turn off Google Personal Search, the option isn't displayed
I'm trying to turn off personal results in Google search but I can't find where the settings are.
I am directed to my Google account's Search Settings but the section I need - "Search plus Your ...
4
votes
1answer
201 views
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?
10
votes
1answer
1k views
How do I link my Google Profile to my blog?
Google search results show a link to the Google Profile for the author of appropriate search results, how do I ask Google to do this for the content I've created?
I have a necessary parts (blog + ...
3
votes
0answers
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Is it possible to turn off dependence of search terms (operator) order in Google search?
I used 4 search terms in a Google search in different order (no search operator at all, only terms) and get 220000 vs. 250000 results and different sites in top 30 search results.
It's not tragic, ...
