Questions tagged [search-engines]
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firefox - set default search engine
Can the default search engine be set in prefs.js for firefox? Or, is it still not possible as per How to set duckduckgo as default search engine using user.js??
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Not sure how to add "POST" query parameters to "Add custom search engine" extension in Firefox
I'm currently trying to add AZLyrics to my list of available search engines in Firefox, using the Add custom search engine extension by Tom Schuster.
Searching for "test" in AZLyrics yields ...
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Backup my custom list of Firefox search engines
I have started to use very often the search by keyword in Firefox with different search engines that I can add through this addon.
In order to search a word in French dictionary I simply type fr and ...
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How can I change the default (system) search engine for windows 10?
I would like to change the default system search engine from Bing to Google. I don't mean the default search engine of any browser, but the search engine that is used when searching in the windows ...
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Chrome right click option "search google for xxx" become mobile style, how to fix it?
Open any website in chrome, select some words then right click them, then click "search google for 'xxx'"
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Why website copy tools like Cyotek WebCopy and HTTrack cannot find files that search engines like Google can?
I would like to keep the target website private, but here are some details:
It's a personal (as in single-author) public documentation / portfolio / blog sort of website
It seems to be hosted using ...
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How did I inadvertently change the default search engine?
Occasionally upon entering a search term in the address bar, I discover that the default search engine has somehow changed from Google to Amazon.de (the second one in my list of search engines). I am ...
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Linux/Chromium: add startpage.com as default search engine
I'm trying to add StartPage.com as default search engine (so I can use it when opening a new tab, by just writing into the address bar as it is the case for searching with Google so far).
I've found ...
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Google Chrome keeps disabling a search engine shortcut
I recently changed my pc and I was always using the press tab to search on a site feature of chrome.
I imported all my settings through the google account thingy but for whatever reason I was missing ...
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What affects my search results using Brave Search engine?
I am using Brave Browser and LibreWolf on the same computer and I have realized that I can get totally different results using Brave Search looking for the same thing.
For example I have been looking ...
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How can I set the default search engine for Firefox without the GUI on Linux?
I want to automate the setup of Firefox on Linux, to harden it and change the default search engine. You can almost edit all configuration options via the user.js file, but not the default search ...
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Is it possible to Google/web search based on SITE TITLE alone?
Say someone knows the title a site uses on one of its possibly indexed pages.
Given so, is it possible to search ONLY FOR TITLES OF WEBPAGES PRIMARILY, as opposed to overall results?
Title as in the ...
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Remove item from Firefox context menu
With new version 89 of Firefox,
when you are in some webpages,
(I noticed it on YouTube and Mozilla Support)
appears a new item when you right-click on the address bar
screenshot below:
you can ...
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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 does google find newly emerging websites? [closed]
Is there a place to download a list of newly emerging websites every day like search engines do? When I set up a new website, I do not create any backlink for it. How does google know my website and ...
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