Questions tagged [search]
Ways and methods to look up data and information from a service, index or some other collection of information
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Search only in titles of posts in Google Reader [closed]
Is there any way to search only in titles in Google Reader?
Most searches show results where the match is in the body of the post, but I would like to restrict it only to match if the keywords are in ...
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Searching my Twitter lists
How can I search tweets among the ones that belong to tweeters in one of my twitter lists? I don't seem to find a tool to do it.
Maybe it's just me overlooking, but can you help me?
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How do I find a page with two specific links on it? [closed]
I used to be able to do this in Google, but with the increasing dumbing down of Google this feature no longer works. e.g. I want science related news so I use Google:
+link:www.physorg.com +link:...
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Finding websites that have been 'Liked' on Facebook?
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to find third party websites that have been 'liked' on Facebook.
I can't seem to find a search function on Facebook for this, so I tried searching ...
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Find tweets about me
I'm not using Twitter because until now I didn't see the meaning of using it. On a public website with Twitter integration, I've uploaded a video. The users have re-tweeted my video and I'll like to ...
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Searching within Gmail's nested labels
Consider this setup in my Gmail inbox where I have 3 lists:
mailing-lists/first-list
mailing-lists/second-list
mailing-lists/third-list
If I want to search for all unread messages in any sub-label ...
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If I need to find documentation about a symbol, what's the best way to search the web? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to search the internet for terms with special characters
For example, I wanted to know what the % meant in this python expression. It's the modulo operator, but I would ...
Ross Charette
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Return results in Google Scholar with more than 25 citations
Is there a way to run a search in Google Scholar that only returns results that have more than 25 citations?
Most of the good papers have at least 25 citations, but Google Scholar returns mostly ...
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Deep web search engines for emails? [closed]
Are there any other deep web search engines for email address other than spokeo and pipl?
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Find out who likes my website using the Facebook like button
Where can I find the details on who has liked and commented on my pages via the Facebook Like button that I've put on my website?
I recently put the Facebook Like plugin on my site and now see that ...
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Explanation of how one can search youtube.com/music [closed]
Currently the youtube.com/music page looks like
But these are the same artists over and over again.
Example
Name: Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow [G-Mix] ft. Snoop Dogg, Juicy J & T-Pain
Date of ...
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Finding my own post on the wall of a Facebook event
A few months ago I posted something on a very active wall of a public Facebook event. It's the only thing I posted there. I might be able to remember some keywords if necessary, but I can't find a way ...
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How to get the 'From' address of each message in a Gmail search result?
I'm trying to get a list of email addresses based on a Gmail search result. My idea is:
Logon to Gmail, perform search
A Miracle Happens
I have a list of the 'From' addresses, for each email
I've ...
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Is there a search engine for looking up a pantone color by company that owns it [closed]
I know some pantone colors are registered to particular companies. For example there is a specific pantone for Tiffany Blue (1837). Pantone.com seems to let you search by code, but is there a site ...
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How to search content on the Lifehacker site?
I found out back in '06 there was a Firefox plugin that did it. But it's not out there in the add-ons area anymore.
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Search Engine that Doesn't Ignore Punctuation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to search the internet for terms with special characters
Is there a search engine that will not ignore punctuation marks (like $ % & ! @ #...)? I want to search the ...
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Search tips and tricks [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hidden features of Google
I know of a few good tricks to search the web:
Use the most appropriate search
engine (Google vs WolframAlpha, for
example) Use it extensively, and
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Image search server which finds all the same pages around the Internet [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Reverse image search engine
I have a picture, locally or with a URL. I would like to find all (well all known) places for its copies, maybe slightly modified, cropped or ...
Octopus
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Search messages in the (remote) past
I would like to search Twitter messages containing a given search term, but in the relatively distant past (one week), potentially with the specification of a timeframe where the search is performed.
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Search for a term in specific parts of the world
I'm trying to find specific (science-related) items in Google or any other search engine. I'd like to limit answers to those from Europe, Asia (but without China) and South America; specifically I'd ...
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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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Help with Google Bookmarks search skills
Google Bookmarks is a good tools for me，but sometimes i need search tags , the query words should be like this:label:php
And i notice the label are case sensitive
if I need to search for more tag，how ...
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How can I search for multiple tags in Google Bookmarks?
Google Bookmarks is a good tools for me，but sometimes i need search tags , the query words should be like this:
label:php
if I need to search for more tag，how to input the query words ?
label:php ...
guaike
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What's the best way to search for old tweets?
I find twitter search kind of buggy. Is there another way of doing that search?
I don't mean tweets from a user (I use Google for that). I mean tweets from history.
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How to know which cities Google Street View are available?
Google just released Street View for some cities in my country. Are there some way to find out if a city is available on Street View? Is there a list of cities or a search tool?
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How to Find Twitter Accounts by Location?
I've met some wonderful people on Twitter and would like to meet more people from different places; it's great to read local tweets from all over.
I'd like to follow some non-celebrities from ...
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How to search on Flickr with advanced filters like portrait, > x mega pixel etc.?
Flickr has an advanced search page, but it does not allow to specify search filters like minimal mega pixels, minimal dimensions or orientation (portrait vs. landscape) etc. Is there is some more ...
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Is there a way to keep gmail from inheriting the last search in the Google toolbar?
I don't know if it always did this, but it seems to have started recently.
If I type a search in the Google toolbar, then later open up g-mail in the same browser instance, the gmail search box is ...
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View accurate search results count in Gmail
Is there way to view the search results returned in Gmail to an exact number?
Let's say I have a friend, who knows this girl, who won't stop emailing him. He's filing for a restraining order, and he ...
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Is there a way to search only the "read" emails in Gmail?
Sometimes some mails that I need to search are mostly among those that I have read.
Is there a way to perform this search in Gmail?
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Is there a way to make Amazon visually show me that a product can't be shipped to my default location?
I live in Italy but this may be a problem for many people who don't live in US.
It often happens that for some reason a product can't be sent in Italy/Europe/somewhere. I don't know why and the ...
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How can I get Gmail searching to cope with bad spelling?
When I search for a word in Gmail I wish to find emails that contain misspellings of that word, as well as finding emails that contain the correct spelling of a mis-spelt search.
The Google web ...
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Search restaurants (POIs) along a route with google maps
This weekend I was on a 7h trip and looking for the next favorite restaurant along the route. All had was an android cell phone and a pretty slow internet connection. My first try was the hompage of ...
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Search tips for Facebook
I'd like to do a search for video's that a friend posted, I've spent 15 minutes manually searching through their posts' and I still haven't found it.
Can I filter out everything but video links?
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Is there a way to search labels based on stemming in Gmail?
Say I have the label Home/Family/Kids and Home/Family, is there any search expression that can match both of these with a single term? For example, I want to use a search query like label:Home/Family*....
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Get Facebook to display my friends from a particular city
How do I get Facebook to show me just my friends from a particular city?
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How to search Gmail with negation
The application I maintain sends error emails to me, which contain a build number and a description of the failure. I want to be able to search for specific messages from specific builds but Gmail ...
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Search only through tweets of people I'm following
Facebook has a feature that allows you to search through status messages that your friends have posted, but Twitter doesn't currently have that feature.
Is it possible via the official Twitter ...
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Site for managing papers? [closed]
I initially kept my list of papers (mostly academic) organized in http://delicious.com/ as a set of links and in bibtex so that I can refer to them. But this approach has many shortcomings, not the ...
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Search Engine for 3D Models [closed]
I want to use Google SketchUp to design my rooms. Where can I find 3D Models to fill up the empty space in my designed rooms?
Bonus points to search for similar looking 3D Models, based upon existing ...
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Reverse image search engine [closed]
Google, Bing and the others have image search option, but what I'm looking for is the reverse way: When I submit a photo, I want this web service to tell me in which places the image is located, and ...
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How to search the internet for terms with special characters [closed]
As I learnt from this post, Google has no ability to search for special characters. Let's say I want to search for ss!. Are there any other search engines that can achieve this? Please do not propose ...
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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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Do you know any Web Search apps where you can specify more engines/websites at a time? [closed]
Google is the Web Search engine that I use more often, but I would like to know if there are web apps where you can define a list of search engines or website you want to retrieve the data for, in a ...
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How Would I Search Gmail for Specific Entries from Outside of Gmail?
I am trying to figure out a way to come up with a tool or a way to search a Gmail account ([email protected]) for bug entries without being logged in to the Gmail account. Our software generates ...
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How do you figure out the popularity of different search terms in Bing?
Google Trends lets you view the relative popularity of search terms, is there a similar service for Bing?
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Advanced Twitter search tricks? [closed]
Searching Twitter can be arduous. What are some tricks to searching Twitter? Are there additional options outside of the ones listed on Twitter's advanced search page?
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How do I find messages in Gmail that have attachments?
I know I can see which messages have attachments by the 'paper-clip' icon, but I need to find messages from a certain sender that have attachments.
Is there a way to do this?
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Is there a web site for browsing or searching Apple's entire iTunes Store catalog, without having to install and use iTunes software? [closed]
Is there a web site for browsing or searching Apple's entire iTunes Store catalog, without having to install and use iTunes software?
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Search within library?
Is there a way to search only books available in nearby libraries in Google Books?
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