It sometimes happens that you cannot find the information you are looking for on a specific search engine. You try different phrases and synonyms but somehow the results are not satisfactory. The best option at this point is to try another search engine to see if the results are better. It is quite possible to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Try This Search On Userscript Links To Other Search Engines On Result Pages
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How To Disable Google Instant Previews
Google Instant Previews is the latest in a series of improvements that Google has added to their search engine. Instant Previews add a small spying glass next to each page title in the Google search results. Hovering over the spying glass does nothing, as Instant Previews needs to be activated once by clicking on any [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Instant Previews, New Search Feature
Google has not touched their core business search for a long time. Only recently have they started to implement changes to their search engine, that many that it almost feels like a different search engine by now. Features like the search sidebar, instant search, integration of other Google products and a massive increase in advertisement [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Instant Search Keyboard Shortcuts
Google Instant Search, which was introduced by Google earlier this month is posed to stay, it appears. I personally dislike the new feature for a number of reasons, including search results pages that change to fast, if you type fast, and the increased bandwidth requirements and having to press a key to accept a search [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Hiding Search Results Pages
A few months ago, when you would have asked me why you are only seeing one page of results in Google Search, I would have told you that this is because you have searched for an exotic term that does not yield more than a handful of results. Today however I witnessed for the first [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Turn Off, Disable Google Instant Search
Google Instant is being rolled out and will become available to users in select countries in the next few days. As with every major change there are users who do not want to use the new feature. Some of the reasons for disabling Google Instant may be the additional bandwidth requirements, or that Google Search [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Google Instant Unveiled, Auto-Updating Search Result Pages
Google engineers have been experimenting with auto-updating search results for a while now. The new technology basically displays search results as the search engine user types. The new feature is currently rolling out to users on Google domains in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Spain, but only if they use [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Add Google Encrypted Search Engine To Firefox, Opera, Chrome And Internet Explorer
Jojo just asked in the thread about Google’s new encrypted search engine if it was possible to add that search engine to the list in the Firefox search bar. The following article explains how to add Google encrypted search, or any other search engine for that matter, to the list of standard search engine providers [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Bing Gets Design And Layout Changes
Search engines are constantly evolving, a recent trend puts related searches and information on the search result pages to provide searchers with additional options and direct answers of their search queries. The Bing team announced yesterday that the layout and design of Bing search has been changed for all users. The most obvious change is [...]
