search-engines interview questions
Top search-engines frequently asked interview questions
I've used Linux Mint for over 6 months, and have been loving it until I installed Mint 11 today. Everything was great until I loaded up Chromium and saw that it only allows you to search through Mint's custom Google search, which is unsatisfactory. How do I change the settings so that it's back to normal? Someone asked the same question earlier, and he ended up sort of answering the question himself, but I don't understand what to do with the info he provides.
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I'm using Google Chrome on a Windows 7 computer, and I've noticed that when searching for something by just typing in the address bar, it now returns a search results page from something called 'chatzum', where it used to return a google search results page. I've checked my settings, and google is still my default search provider, so why am I getting this chatzum search results page?
I assume it's some kind of virus, but I haven't been able to find anything that will get rid of it. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I'm trying to search the web for "!= null &&" for research reasons. Is there any search engine that will correctly search such an unusual query?
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I got many different search engines added to my search toolbar in Firefox (version 8). As I'm facing a soon re-install of my O/S, I need want to backup these search engines - preferably also the keywords I set up for them.
Does anyone know where I can find (save/export/backup) these settings in Mac OS ?
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Is there a way to make my Firefox 3.5 "Google" search engine use google.com.au rather than google.com?
Ideally I'd like that change Ubiquity to do that as well.
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RapidShare's answer to that question is:
No, RapidShare protects the privacy of
its users. Only the person storing a
file on RapidShare receives the
download link. That person can decide
who should have access to the link. A
file can only be downloaded if the
download link details are known.
Isn't it possible to search RapidShare using Google's "site:" parameter? For example:
"martial arts" site:rapidshare.com
fetches some results from rapidshare servers.
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Firefox's default home or start page provides a search engine with some snippets below it. Is there any way to customize the search engine used through about:config or some other configuration file?
localStorage["search-engine"] sometimes gets reset, possibly after an update. I would like to avoid creating a Greasemonkey script that scripts on about:home. If an extension exist to fulfil the task, I'd be happy too.
I'm using Firefox from Kubuntu 11.04 if that matters.
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A lot of people are annoyed (including me) when a browser/search engine detects the regional settings. If I am in Romania, it redirect the search engine to google.ro and sets the language to RO. I know how to modify the language, and I can search using www.google.com/webhp, but I don't want to do this every day, i was hoping that there is a setting or an addon to disable the detection
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I want to know which different pedia's exist.
I want a list of all registered domains, which end with pedia.org, pedia.com or pedia.info, (e.g WIKIpedia.org or Anotherpedia.info).
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With the Microsoft Surface right around the corner, I've been trying to live in Metro apps to see if I could live without the desktop in Windows 8. One thing I've noticed is that I can't change the default search engine in IE 10, or at least I can't change it without going to desktop. However, that option won't be available for Windows RT, because there is no desktop mode.
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I'd like to figure out a way to have customized Google searches to choose from in the Firefox search bar in the top right corner. By customized I just mean the possibility to add specific pre-defined keywords which would then be appended automatically to the performed Google search.
For example, if I am looking for movie subtitles, I'd just like to be able to select my custom made "Google Subtitles Search" that would just magically add a "subtitle" keyword to the search.
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I recently switched back to Firefox from Chrome for a number of reasons, but there is one Chrome feature I really miss. For instance, I had the Wikipedia set to search with the keyword "w," so to search Wikipedia, all I had to type was "w Bill Gates" (without "") in the address bar and it would automatically search Wikipedia for Bill Gates. Is there any way to enable this in Firefox, or is there an extension that will do it for me? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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In Chrome I rely heavily on search "keywords" as a shortcut for searching specific sites. For instance to search Google I quickly type g some topic, or to search youtube yt funny video, Wolfram Alpha wa us dollar.
How can I configure the same in Internet Explorer 9, if at all possible?
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I'm interested in search operators you can type in the search box, not the Advanced Search interface.
- Does bing have search opeartors?
- Where's the documentation for them?
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I have noticed that certain websites (e.g. Stack Exchange sites, Dell, etc.) are automatically added to my list of search engines in Google Chrome.
They even add a keyboard shortcut to their entry. Here are some examples:
- Dell: Keyboard -> Dell.com
- Stack Exchange Web masters: Keyboard -> webmasters.stackexchange.com
- Reuters: Keyboard -> reuters.com
Q1: Is this the default behavior in Chrome? (to let websites add themselves to the list of search engines?)
Q2: Is it possible to disable this behavior in Chrome?
Note: I'm running the latest version of Chrome: 11.0.696.57 on Windows 7 64, and I only have one extension installed: Google URL shortener.
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