You can now save your search settings to your Google account
Google's search settings are available to all users of the search engine, regardless of whether they are signed in to their account or not. Here you can change the SafeSearch filter from […]
New Google Search signal: copyright removal notices
Google from next week on will add a new ranking signal to its search algorithm that is taking into account a site's copyright removal notices. The signal will be one of over […]
Gmail results in Google Search? Nonsense!
Okay, so Google is pushing forward with social search and the integration of Google products to the company's search offering. After plastering Google+ links and banners nearly everywhere, the company is preparing […]
Add Search the Internet to the Windows Start Menu
One of the things that I like about the search in Windows 8 is the option to load websites automatically from the interface. Just search for a site url, do not forget […]
Search All for Chrome improves your search experience in the browser
Every Internet user has a favorite search engine that is being used for the majority of searches. While it may boil down to Google or Bing mostly when it comes to web […]
Google Search: left sidebar moves to the top
Google according to several sources in the US is currently rolling out a layout change for Google Search that is moving the left sidebar to the top of the results page. The […]
DuckDuckGoog combines Google Search with DuckDuckGo's !bang syntax
DuckDuckGo is my search engine of choice. One of its coolest features is the !bang syntax that helps you in the following way: if you can't find appropriate results on DuckDuckGo, or […]
Bing improves image search part of website
The Bing Team just announced that it is rolling out a new version of Bing Image Search. It seems that the changes will be available to a worldwide audience, which may be […]
Bing integrates New Britannica Encyclopedia information in search
Search engines are moving away from being a catalog of weighted websites to a service that goes beyond just that big time. Google for instance launched Knowledge Graph which is displaying information […]
Goodbye Babel Fish, Hello Bing Translator
The long standing online translation service Babel Fish is no more. The web application that was launched in 1999 changed owner twice, first in 2003 when it was bought by AltaVista, and […]
How To Access Removed Results On Google Search
If you search on Google regularly, you may have noticed omitted entries on some search results pages. For those of you who have never encountered that, try searching for windows 7 torrent […]
Add DuckDuckGo's Zero-Click Information To Google Search
One of the great features of the search engine DuckDuckGo are its zero-click information boxes that are automatically displayed at the top of the search results for select queries. The information may […]
Bing Redesign Part 2, Boosts Social, Relevancy
If you have been to Bing recently you may have noticed the new minimal design of the search engine when compared to before. This move was apparently only the first step in […]
The new Bing Maps, What's Your Take?
With the recent Bing redesign came a new design for Bing Maps which more or less slipped by unnoticed. The main idea behind the redesign was to improve search by removing features, […]
Bing Cleans Up Its Search Results Page
One of the core points of criticism that I have when it comes to Google Search, is the cluttered search results page. When you search for something on Google, you get lots […]
Developers Take Note: DuckDuckHack Launched
If you are a regular reader you know that I made the full switch to the DuckDuckGo search engine some time ago. I had plenty of reasons for this move, from Google's […]
Bing To Charge For Search API Calls
Microsoft's search engine Bing did not charge third party developers for search api calls until now; this allowed developers with large, small and no budget at all to make use of the […]
Bing Video Search Updated With Larger Previews
A big difference between video searching on Google and Bing is Bing's video preview feature which can display previews right on the Bing search results page for videos hosted on select sites […]
5 DuckDuckGo Features That You May Not Know about Yet
I switched to the DuckDuckGo search engine fully in the beginning of February and have not really looked back ever since. While it still has issues with a few queries occasionally, its […]
DuckDuckGo Traffic Still Climbing Like Crazy
I have been using the DuckDuckGo search engine for some time now and have to say that I'm more than happy with the results it provides. For the majority of searches, it […]
A Comparison of Popular Maps and Driving Directions Sites
Finding maps and driving directions online only makes sense. The popular map sites have current changes updated in real time, and even feature traffic reports so that you can better plan your […]
Bing Launches Linked Pages
One of the issues that you may have when searching for friends, family or people online is that you will get all sorts of results. Depending on the person's Internet activities and […]
Scroogle Founder Pulls The Plug, Closes Website
Scroogle was one of the sites that came up occasionally here on Ghacks as an alternative to Google Search. It basically provided access to Google Search results through a proxy to protect […]
DuckDuckGo Searches Going Waaaaay Up
DuckDuckGo, the search engine that I'm using as my primary information retrieval tool on the Internet, has just marked an all new high yesterday. For the first time ever since the search […]
How To Improve Your DuckDuckGo Search Experience
For the past weeks or so, I have been using the DuckDuckGo search engine for my Internet research. You can read about the motivation for the move here. In that time, I […]
MediaFire Download Links On Google Search Not Working Anymore
Mediafire was one of the file hosting sites that benefited from the Megaupload take down in January 2012. The site managed to increase its traffic significantly and it appeared as if it […]
Why I Switched To The Duck Duck Go Search Engine
Some time ago I started to look into Google Search alternatives. This had a number of reasons, from too much noise on Google results pages over deteriorating quality to privacy concerns. I […]
Search For Highlighted Text With Context Search X For Firefox
I sometimes see phrases or words on a page that I need to look up. Sometimes, those phrases can also lead to additional resources about a certain subject that I'm researching. While […]
Webstagram, An Instagr.am Web Search Engine
Instagr.am is a popular photo taking and sharing application for Apple's iPhone. You can basically use it to take snapshots with the phone's camera and send them directly to sites such as […]
Google Don't Be Evil Bookmarklet Released
Google has a distinct advantage that other companies on the web do not have. Google Search at the time of writing has a market share of more than 50% of all searches […]
Google Search Alternative IxQuick
Ever since Google starting pumping up the results of their search engine with all kind of nonsense - read first and third party advertisement mainly but also other stuff like the unfair […]
Too Many Ads Above The Fold Are Bad, Says Google
Advertisements are what keeps many of the sites going on the Internet, including the site you are currently reading. As a user, I do understand that too many ads, or ads in […]
NoCrap Removes Annoyances From Google Search
Google in recent years has started to make many modifications to Google Search, from auto suggestions over live previews to Google Instant. Not every user likes all or even any of those […]
The Internet Bubble, And How To Escape It
Many search engines are no longer tools that you use to find unfiltered results. Modern search engines like Google Search or Bing filter results for each individual user to display what they […]
Display Direct Website Links in Google Search
Sometimes I'm searching on Google to copy the search results link into another application. This is an extremely frustrating experience as links are manipulated by Google. When you copy a link in […]
How To Add Search Engines To Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer gives you options to select a default search engine, also called search provider, during the initial setup on first start. You find a list of search providers that are currently […]
Gooverbatim, Add Verbatim Button To Google Search
I have already talked about Google Verbatim, a new search tool that is currently rolled out for all users of the Google Search engine. With Verbatim, users can search for contents that […]
Google Verbatim For Exact Search Results
When you search on Google you often get results that have nothing to do with your original search query. Take the search for Appel for instance. You probably would not expect sites […]
Using Natural Language Search in Windows 7
Search in Windows 7 can be difficult and awkward to use as in order to use it properly you have to remember a lot of, sometimes very obscure commands including size:gigantic to […]
Alternate Firefox Ships With Bing, Big Deal?
One of the stories that dominated tech news yesterday was that Mozilla started shipping a version of the Firefox browser with Microsoft's Bing search engine as the default search engine instead of […]
