Questions tagged [google-search]
Search engine owned and developed by Google
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How to go to the Google last result? [migrated]
When I search on Google, the statistical estimate is wrong (e.g. 33600 results for the sentence "scala di lunghezza d'onda", instead the actual number is 23; 1190 results for the sentence &...
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Google Search results - old style
Recently, I have noticed Google changed the search layout on mobiles. One example is that the links are now smaller than before. Is it possible to revert to the old style? Finding this a bit jarring.
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Seeking Advice: Improving Google Indexing for Company Search Website [migrated]
We're currently facing a challenge with our company search website (companies.creditreports.dk/en) tailored for the Danish market, and I'm seeking advice for this.
The website's company pages are mass-...
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What do the ~50 search results of an "empty" Google search have in common? [closed]
If you google a space, you get a very weird assortment of 40-50 search results. What exactly is shown varies a bit, but I usually get the Wikipedia home page (in the , Wikipedia pages for some special ...
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Once I had an option, on Google Search Result page, to translate the result to my laguage (Hebrew). it is gone. can I resturn it? it was helpfull
In the search result, for almost every result, there was a small link which opened a new tab with the result already translated to Hebrew. It helped me a lot. I would like very much to return this ...
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How to get back Google's search tools [duplicate]
Google is seemingly opting out "search tools" features in its search results:
A bunch of useful tools was in this menu before. For example, the "visited pages" and "reading level" filters. Now they'...
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Adding content to Google knowledge panel
I recently verified my Google knowledge panel. As I am not a celebrity, the panel has very little info (only title and education). There is a help article on how to update the knowledge panel, but ...
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Google search result pages no longer show number of matchings? [duplicate]
Google search result pages no longer show number of matchings? I used to use that as a hint to how popular/regular a word combination is compared to its variants.
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Google for the exact phrase (and no, quotation marks don't help)
Simple question. How can I google for the exact phrase match?
Making a simple google of this, it says "use quotation marks".
Well I did that just now. I searched for this: "accuracy map&...
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Is there a way to search using regular expressions?
It would be very useful if Google provided a regular expression search.
Is there a way to do this?
I am not talking about search operators like site:, filetype:, AND, OR or "Text". I would ...
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Google's inurl option isn't working for this website
If I do inurl:yahoo and search that, then yahoo comes up. So the inurl tag seems like it maybe works.
But it does't work for this website https://www.solubilityofthings.com/
i.e. if I do inurl:...
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All links for switching to Maps are missing from Google Search results [duplicate]
Problem with Google Search
When I perform a search at www.google.com while logged in to my profile, the results are now missing the normal Google product links I would see at the top of the page ...
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How can I exclude search results written in Russian?
My region is set to Ukraine and Google Search results include pages written in Russian, sometimes even when my request is in English. Is there a way to filter the results to exclude results written in ...
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Search directly Google Dictionary [duplicate]
Google Dictionary was great tool. Google shut it down. Is there any way I can directly search Google Dictionary, like for this definition of "phew"?
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How to get definitions of a term through Google [duplicate]
I used to be able to search define:xyz on Google, where xyz is a term I want defined. It's not working any more or it only shows one result and no link to see the rest. Here's an example:
I tried ...
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Where to find a list of Google search operators?
I heard once that there are some search keywords or operators that google could use to enhance the search results. One of them was "NEAR"...
Say if I search
"make" NEAR "great ...
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Is there a way to get Google Search to give you definitions for words in languages other than English?
If I google perspicacious, Google Search correctly infers that I want a definition and just includes it at the top of the results. For more common words, like vanish, I would have to write define ...
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Safe search tooltip pops up every time in Google search
Every time I search using google.com, this tooltip pops up:
It happens even if the search terms contain nothing sexual. Clicking the tooltip hides it, but it reappears on next search. I've tried to ...
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Language to restrict a web search query to only search company websites
I was wondering if there was a way to limit a Google web search query to only return company websites or to search an "about" page of a webpage?
For example, if I'm trying to find a company ...
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How to make Google to display results in IPA?
Google by default shows the results for word definitions (define:) transcribed in American English phonetic notation.
I tried to use /ncr (google.com/ncr) for "no country redirect" and currently ...
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(How) can I ask Google Search to crawl a specific URL on a website I don't maintain?
This question on Meta Stack Exchange asks whether crawler visits count towards the 'number of views' of a Stack Exchange question (that determines the 'people reached' statistic on your profile).
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How can I search for a keyword with special characters in Google Search?
I want to search for what += means, but Google won't return any documents.
Also when I come across some PHP code I don't understand I can't search for the keywords as written.
How can I search for ...
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How to prevent Google from showing any local results and ads?
Alternative question:
Is worldwide Google search (NCR) still available?
If Google is used from an internet segment with excessive SEO (for example, during travel), English queries will often be mixed ...
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Is a shared Google Photos album publicly searchable? [closed]
I'd like to share a Google Photos album only with one person and allow them to view and edit the album, but I do NOT want the album or any photos to come up in search results. I saw that the only way ...
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How to view all the matching paragraphs in the web page in the search engine? [closed]
Not all search tasks are easy, sometimes several keywords need to be used to describe, and many web pages are very long, so many times there is no desired content in the title and abstract, so you ...
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Can I exclude Google Books result from Google Search?
I googled several random keywords and gave me undesired result like this below :
There were Google Books results (undesired). I tried -site:books.google.co.in but they were still exist.
How can I get ...
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Why doesn't Google give search results for '*' [asterisk]? [closed]
You can search for anything on Google, right? At least, so I thought. I was trying to see how the special characters get encoded in the url, like how & gets converted to %26. I started searching ...
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What does the asterisk do in Google Search [duplicate]
What is the difference between bark*, bark and bark * in Google Search?
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How can I remove "Top stories" from Google search results?
When I search Google eg for "Russia", I get a box of news results on top:
Is there any setting or Chrome extension that can remove them?
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Remove Google Search suggestions
Every time I type a word and then meaning (i.e. backpack meaning in...) Google suggests in Hindu, in Urdu etc.
I have no interest in these languages and never googled for them.
I would like to see ...
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How to search on Google and not have results be influenced by cookies/IP location etc [closed]
Is this possible? http://vanillaresults.com/ does not work.
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Google shows results and values in mixed languages
I am using English language in Chrome and have this language set as default for most of the sites, but since I am from Poland I have forced (in Google Account settings) to have all the search results ...
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How can I access google.com outside the US? [closed]
I live in the UK, and whenever I visit google.com I am redirected to google.co.uk, but I want to see my website's rankings on the US version (I presume the results are different). Is there a way to do ...
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How to set English and Prevent others in Google when ncr/append-en/... fail?
I would like to have my primary language (English) as the main language in Google Searches.
I know the thread Setting Google results to stay in a language, regardless of location but addresses like ...
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How can I filter out stackoverrun.com using Google (Or Firefox if not)?
I usually search on Google for Stack Overflow answers and there are a lot of "fake" pages that I want to filter, like stackoverrun.com and so on.... I really hate them.
There is any way to ...
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How do I specify a filetype in a Google search? [duplicate]
Is there a syntax to specify a filetype in a Google search? What is it? (I'm looking for PDFs.)
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Is there a keyword to search for Google results within the last x days/weeks/months/years? [duplicate]
Is there a keyword (see this) to search for results within the last x days/weeks/months/years?
I know that you can do this by adding code at the end of the search URL, e.g. for results dating no more ...
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Find deep links to our site with Google Search [closed]
We are in the process of moving to a different provider, and I want to check which popular deep links go to our site. I have some server logs, but I want to cross-check with Google. I do know
link:...
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How to search for links on one web site to another
Is there a way, to use Google Search to search for all links to a particular website on a different website. For example, could I search for all links to Wikipedia on this site (webapps.stackexchange....
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Is it possible to set different languages for different Google apps?
If I change my Google account's default language, it sets it for Search and Google Maps, and Gmail and so on...
Now I want my Search to default to one language and my Google Maps default language to ...
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Would like to exclude any sort of video from a Google search
I have a topic I'm interested in reading about. (DIY hamster toys in this case — but it could be anything.) When I do a Google search there are tons of videos in the results. In my initial ...
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How do I escape Google functional characters?
How do you search searches that include Google functional characters, like
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on Google?
For example, how would one search for "Hello World" with the quotes included into the search?
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Can I use advanced regex pattern search in Google search? [duplicate]
I tried to find results that match pattern such as Apple\s*,\s*[a-zA-Z]+ but it only returned unnecessary data like regex or etc..
I needed only results like such as "Apple, Samsung".
Maybe ...
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Search for recipes that contain a specific ingredient using Google Recipe
How does one search for recipes that contain a specific ingredient, in this case "tomato sauce", using Google Recipes?
I do not want to specify the recipe name, just the ingredients.
https://...
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Do Google Search URLs contain sensitive (private) details?
I noticed that if I'm logged into Google Account (my Gmail and everything) and do a search in the address bar, the URL of the resultant page is really long.
Now, I was wondering: is there any ...
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Wildcards in Google advanced search
I have been using Google advanced search operators like intext:, inurl, intitle, etc. And I know that when search in Google we can use * as a wildcard operator.
But I have tried to used * as the ...
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How should I write the URL for a specific Google Search query?
Whenever I type a search query in Google Search, I am presented with long and complicated URLs like this one:
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=get+...
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How to exclude popular matches from Google search results?
Say I want to search for images with the keywords wallpaper nirvana. I get lots of images related to the popular band Nirvana. But how can I exclude them and get images, related to the mental state ...
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How do I make Google default English in Chrome?
If I go to Search Settings / Languages / select English / Save, it goes to English but then keeps switching to Slovak.
In my Cookies, I have 'Allow local data to be set' checked.
I'm in Ireland and ...
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Turning off Google search results indirection
In Google search results, in Firefox or Chrome, I get URLs that go through Google and not directly to the target site. For example, at
http://www.google.com/search?q=foo
the first result is
http:/...
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