Questions tagged [google-search]
Search engine owned and developed by Google
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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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Is there a way to remove sites permanently from (my personal) Google search results? [duplicate]
I regularly find sites that copy content from elsewhere (mailing lists, etc) while not providing any added value. Quite to the contrary, they are pretty heaped with ads.
I'd like to remove those ...
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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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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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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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Hidden features of Google Search
What little known tips and tricks do you have for searching on Google?
Please note that this question exists because it has a
high level of significance, but it is not
considered a good, on-...
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How to restrict a Google search to results of a specific language?
How can I restrict the results of a Google search to only a specific language? Is there an operator like language:english?
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Why on the first page Google says there are thousands of results but on the last page there are less than a hundred?
Why on the first page Google says there are thousands of results but on the last page there are less than a hundred?
That's kind of a recursive Google Search that should be self-explanatory. It did ...
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Can I exclude spam domains from my search results? [duplicate]
Sometimes when I search for something, there are plenty of links to sites with no content (those who only have the premade templates which the search terms), spammers, and leechers (as in copying ...
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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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Setting Google results to stay in a language, regardless of location
How do I keep the Google search results in English regardless of where I am searching from? Google is a genius at knowing what ads to show me and what particular language to show me the ads.
If I ...
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Date criteria for Google search
Sometimes I'm looking for date-sensitive information and don't want to see results more than a certain age. Is there a way to specify this in a Google search?
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How to do a Google search for webpages last updated within 2 years?
How to do a Google search for webpages last updated within 2 years ?
In other words I would like Google, but I do not wish any of the results to be over 2 years old.
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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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Forced words in Google search query are being ignored, plus no longer working as explicit inclusion
How do I force including a word in Google search if the plus (+) operator doesn't work anymore?
Here's an example search.
+("os x" OR "osx") +temperature +(console OR "command line")
I expected ...
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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 ...
Jai
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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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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, ...
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How to search something on across multiple sites with a single Google query?
I tried
(search term site:stackoverflow.com) OR (search term site:superuser.com) OR (search term site:stackexchange.com)
search term site:stackoverflow.com,superuser.com,stackexchange.com
search term ...
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Copy raw link found by Google search, not the one with extra redirect added [duplicate]
In Firefox, after searching for some keyword in Google and getting a list of results, I would like to copy the link address of a particular result. But I find that the link address is not the actual ...
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How to force Google search to only return English results? [duplicate]
I'm in France and trying to use Google in English only. My Google settings are set to English everywhere:
I've also clicked on the link "use google.com" but when I do a search, it still shows some ...
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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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How can I search Google for a negative number?
It only rarely happens, but once or twice I've found it desirable to be able to search the web for a set of search terms that includes a negative number. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any ...
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How to limit Google search result to a set of websites?
I want to limit my Google search query to a set of websites. I am using the Opera Mini browser on my tablet for searching.
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How can I bring back the Google "cached version" links?
Since Google Search switched to the new layout, two things have been bothering me immensely. One is the absence of "cached version" links which are ocasionally very useful. How do I bring them back? (...
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How to open Google Cached version of a URL
I have a URL http://raw.fotosite.pl/ which seems broken. I want to view its cached version if cached by Google/any other web caching site.
In Google advanced search is there any special keyword/...
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Longer Google autocomplete lists?
Is it possible to have more items in the Google autocomplete suggestions as you type?
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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. http://www.google.com/search?q=...
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Get ALL image search results?
Apologies if this is a duplicate. I've done a little research and it seems futile but thought I'd ask: Does anyone know a way to get all (or more?) Google Image Search results than the ones they ...
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How to download our Google Web History?
In Google Web History, I can view all my past web searches.
How can I download this data, instead of viewing them page by page on the website?
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How to make google.com not redirect to my country's local version of Google search? [duplicate]
When I try to load google.com in my browser (Firefox), Google redirects me to its local version of Google Search for my country:
Notice how, even though the URL is google.com, the page is effectively ...
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How to force Google to not mind my location during search
I look for information about Tour de Pologne, the problem is that I want to know what foreign services say about it. I want to watch their videos with their comments but because I live in Poland I get ...
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How to stop Google's "people also search for"
Whenever you do a search on Google, it will give the results which you then click on, obviously. But sometimes you hit back to go back to the results.The problem is, Google waits a second to make some ...
Agnos
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How to modify a URL to get a Google cached version of page?
I want to look at a Google cached version of a webpage, but can't find it through the usual mechanisms, as per this related question.
Is there a way to modify the URL in the address bar to take me to ...
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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.
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URL format for Google's I'm Feeling Lucky [closed]
I have 3 or 4 keywords I want to send from my PHP page to Google and return one page as if I had gone on to Google's site and searched using "I'm feeling lucky."
Does anyone know how to supply the ...
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What does "tbm" mean in Google Search
What does "tbm" mean in Google Search?
For example: https://www.google.com/?tbm=dsc
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Is there a quick way of getting a beautiful URL to a Google search query? [duplicate]
When searching Google I often want to share a link to my search. (not to a search result, to the current page with the results)
Many years ago Google used to have excellent URLs. For example:
...
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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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Ask Google search to use only the exact words typed, no spellcheck or synonyms
How can I ask 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 string I entered into Google's search form:
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How can I have a public searchable GitHub account?
My GitHub account is public: https://github.com/USER. I can see my name even if not connected (active Sign up, Sign in buttons).
However, I cannot find my projects when searching after it (Google, ...
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What are the different parameters used in Google search?
For example:
If I search for hello in Google, URL looks somethings like this:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=hello&rlz=1CAHPZT_enCA791CA791&oq=hello&aqs=chrome..69i57.3586j0j9&...
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How do I force Google Search to use the word I type with no "corrections"?
Many of the acronyms or scientific words I punch into Google seem to be silently auto-corrected to something more usual, e.g. "MAPB agarose" is turned into "map agarose" without the
Showing ...
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Can I have some shortcut for language and area change in Google search?
When I try to search in another language, I click Advanced Search → Languages → specific language. It is a little tiresome if I repeat this for different langauges, and different key words. I wonder ...
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How to filter out a long list of sites from Google search?
I have a list of sites I would like to permanently exclude from Google search results. These are the large family of sites plagiarizing (and some of them garbling with machine translation) Q&A ...
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Search for multiple unrelated words in Google Search
Google used to have the "+" operator, but I believe they removed it.
I want to search for Q&A sites using the following query:
what language is * written in? + c++
However, in the top results,...
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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 change black Google bar back to white? [closed]
Today, the Google Apps bar went to black. How do you change it back to white?
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Is it possible to use Google Feedback in Google Search?
Is it possible to use Google Feedback on Google Search? I want to suggest some improvements to make to Google Search's user interface. I've figured out how to use Google Feedback on Google+ and ...
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