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[MODIFIED] Search Engine – Why Did A Particular Site Appear in a Search?

12 Aug

A few reasons why a result from a search engine may not have anything to do with what you are looking for.

Ever perform a web page search, visit a resulting site, and find absolutely nothing on the page relevant to your search query?

First, use your browser’s find tool to search the page for the keyword(s) in question – press Ctrl+F, or Command+F if you are on a Macintosh. You should then be able to see if the page references your search word or phrase directly….

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Automatically Open Results in a New Tab or Window

02 Aug

Save time browsing Google results by opening websites in a new tab or window, keeping the search results visible.

As mentioned in a previous MalekTip, if you open Google results in a new browser tab or window, you can more easily return to your search results without having to use the “Back” button or re-enter your search query. However, this requires you remembering to manually do so every time. If you wish, you can have Google automatically perform this task for you:

(Note this tip was updated on 7/29/2012, and Google’s interface is subject to change.)…

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Look for Stock Quotes and Charts

01 Aug

Search for stock quotes, charts, and related company news and information using the Google search engine.

To search for stock quotes using Google, you don’t have to search for the phrase “stock quotes” or “online stock quotes” if you know the company’s stock exchange abbreviation. Just enter the symbol directly into Google’s search box, such as:

* AAPL – Apple…

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Google Talking Like Elmer Fudd

31 Jul

Make Google look like your favorite cartoon character wrote it.

Here’s a “Stupid Google Tip”.

Want to make Google look like it was written by a fan favorite cartoon character, Elmer Fudd? If you want to look for “that wascally wabbit”:…

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Reverse Phone Number Lookup Alternatives

31 Jul

A list of services you can use to attempt to reverse lookup a business or person by their phone number.

Did you write down a phone number and forget for whom it was for? Receive a phone call and don’t recognize the number on Caller ID? While typing a phone number into Google sometimes results in useful web results, the ability to directly query white and yellow page results just by typing in a phone number has been removed.

However, various Internet services still offer reverse number lookup, each with varying results. While these may work for persons and businesses that can be found in the phone book, you may not have much luck finding telemarketers. Nevertheless, a list of a few services is below:…

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Bing Search Engine – Limit Searching to DOC, PDF, PPT, XLS, Other File Types

26 Sep

Force Bing to return not web pages but word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or other types of files.

Instead of searching Bing for web pages, there may be times where you need to find other types of files. Perhaps you are looking for First Aid/CPR presentations, wedding checklists that can be easily printed as PDF files, or amortization tables in the form of Microsoft Excel worksheets.

While performing normal Bing searches may result in other types of files being intermixed with web pages, you can force the results to only contain files of desired types by appending the following to your search query:…

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Bing Search Engine – Return More Desirable Search Results by Adding Ignore Words

02 Sep

Tired of web pages containing particular words or phrases appearing in a Bing search? Create search queries that ignore them.

When performing searches with Bing involving words or phrases that have multiple meanings, you might wish to prevent the results from including certain types of pages. Perhaps a word or phrase has a popular meaning but you want pages related to the alternate one.

Another example is searching for a word or phrase that matches the name of a TV show, sports team, movie, etc. These popular culture references may result in pages in which you have no interest. For example, searching for “bones” may show results relating to the TV show, restaurants, a movie, or other non-anatomical subjects….

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Bing Search Engine – Return More Desirable Search Results by Adding Ignore Words

31 Aug

Tired of web pages containing particular words or phrases appearing in a Bing search? Create search queries that ignore them.

When performing searches with Bing involving words or phrases that have multiple meanings, you might wish to prevent the results from including certain types of pages. Perhaps a word or phrase has a popular meaning but you want pages related to the alternate one.

Another example is searching for a word or phrase that matches the name of a TV show, sports team, movie, etc. These popular culture references may result in pages in which you have no interest. For example, searching for “bones” may show results relating to the TV show, restaurants, a movie, or other non-anatomical subjects….

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Track Earthquake Epicenters Via a Google Search

25 Aug

Display the magnitudes and locations of recent earthquakes worldwide by performing a search with Google.

When many people think of earthquakes, they only consider regions prone to these occurrences such as the Pacific Ring of Fire including the San Andreas Fault, as well as where the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami hit. However, the truth is that earthquakes occur elsewhere and more frequently.

For more information about recent earthquakes all over the world, as well as links to maps showing earthquake epicenters, perform a Google search for the word earthquakes….

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iPhone – iPod Touch – iPod Touch: Switch Safari’s Search Engine: Bing, Google, Yahoo!

11 Apr

Configure Safari on the iPod or iPod Touch to use Bing, Google, or Yahoo!

If you tire of the default search engine in Safari on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can always directly access the mobile site of a different search engine instead.

However, the search engine accessed via Safari’s search box is easy to change. So easy, in fact, that some search engines may try to change it for you if you don’t read all the onscreen prompts when you manually access one for the first time……

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