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How can I stop Google Chrome from prioritizing search results over previously visited websites?
The latest version of Google Chrome (74?) seems to have changed the search bar's behavior. It now lists search suggestions before previously visited websites.
I find this annoying and want it to work ...
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Did eBay remove itself from the list of Firefox search engines?
Firefox 49.0.1
Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1
I no longer see eBay as a search engine in Firefox and can't seem to add it in or restore it back. It's also missing from another Firefox based browser bundle....
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How to create a default Google query string
I'm not very technically-minded, but looking for a way to simplify some work processes.
Is there a way to create a specific Google query string that I can operate by default? As a (very) crude example ...
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How to modify Firefox default search engine url without getting hands dirty
I'd like to adjust default firefox search engine's URI by replacing www with enrypted. How can I achieve that without getting hands dirty with firefox extensions or addons? I want just open text ...
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Change default Firefox Search URL
NO, I don't want to change my search engine provider (all answers I found were merely on that topic...) - I just want to adapt Google's URL both for the address bar search and the search widget right ...
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How to find all websites matching the pattern website.edu/~<some_string>?
It's common among university lecturers to have their own web pages on the university domain and share resources there. If the name of a professor is John Smith then he his website may be harvard.edu/~...
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Using search prediction with custom Search Engine in Chrome
I am using a custom Search Engine in Google Chrome. Since I've changed it, URL predictions have completely stopped. How can I enable them again like they were earlier without changing the default ...
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Search W3Schools with search-URL?
It seems that the domain http://www.w3schools.com/ can be searched only if I go to their website and MANUALLY enter the search term into the search field.
Is it possible to search this domain (not ...
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How to remove web shops from search results? [closed]
Whenever you search information about some product you get bombarded by CEO optimized shopping sites and it is hard to get some real information about some product. If it is a really popular product ...
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On any websites search bar, is there a way to make it recognize special symbols such as the # sign?
I'm looking up flashcards on a website and predictably it ignores the # sign in C#, so my results are all over the place. Is there any kind of escape character voodoo that works with search engines ...
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No Country Redirect + Predictive search ( search suggestions) in Chrome omnibox
As I can see predictive search works well with default google search engine.
As described here, I change search engine to NCR mode:
http://www.google.com/search?{google:RLZ}{google:...
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Are Extended Attributes Indexed?
Are desktop search applications like Beagle or Tracker able to index extended attributes like they do with the other file's attributes? If so, that means that a user can define this extended ...
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Is there a 'file indexer' for EVERY file on linux? [closed]
I'm using winXP and openSUSE...
On win, I have 'search everything' tool, which indexes every file in comp..
Is there a similar tool for linux..
It saves me much time...
Thank you...
http://www....
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How do I view the occurence of my search on Google?
Often times when you type something into google, your phrase will come up in the little search preview but when you click the link itself lo and behold you cannot find your phrase anywhere. I remember ...
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How to search specific file format on the internet for download purpose
For example : I want to search for specific file format (NES format) on internet to download.How to search to download from direct-link?
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