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Why is Google so much faster than a hard-drive search?

When I search a file on my HD in Windows 7 or Windows XP it takes some minutes to finish the process. If I fill in a search term in Google, the answer is on my screen in milliseconds How is it possible for Google to search the Internet, which is…
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How to use keyboard to navigate google search results (now that instant search is dead)

As of today, Google Instant Search is dead. This is what it used to look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANVT56wlmTo I never cared much for the instant display of results while I typed. However, I did use, hundreds of times a day, the keyboard…
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How can I share my Google Chrome search engine entries?

I have created some search entries in Google Chrome using 'Edit search engines'. How can I share some of these entries with my colleagues?
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Tab + Enter no longer taking me to first Google search result in Chrome

As the title says; I used to be able to press Tab+Enter in Chrome to take me to the first search result. This now only works if I am not signed in to my Google account. When signed in, I can't do it. It works fine (signed in and not) on Firefox. I…
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Is it possible with Google searches to ban any and all results from a domain?

Is it possible to configure Google somehow to permanently ban search results from domains that I know 100% are never, ever going to make me happy? Something cookie/session based maybe? E.g. I want to ban (permanently, forever and always) results…
Stu Thompson
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what's the whole point of the query/Ctrl-E in Chrome

In Chrome, If i type anything in the omnibar, it will search google for whatever I have typed. If i do a query (Ctrl-E, which basically inserts a question mark at the start of the omnibar and seems like that's all it does) and type anything in the…
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Google "Feeling Lucky" url causing redirect notice

I've noticed the feeling lucky url (with btnI query parameter) is now resulting in a redirect notice page. What's the deal?
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Consistent I'm Feeling Lucky macro for Google

I'm making a little script with Autohotkey to quickly go to the first Google result of a search term. My problem is, the only method I've found for doing this though the URL is acting a little…
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How can I disable SSL (https) google search in FireFox?

I know that Firefox 14 has enabled Secure Sockets Layer (SSL or https) search for its Google search plug-in. How can I disable it? Thanks,
lina
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What is "o-o---preferred---yh---www.google.com"?

I am using Google search in Chrome and I noticed that the URL looks very strange. I searched something and I got normal results. Somehow, the URL in the address bar just caught my eye and it looked like this:…
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Why can't I use Google Search keyboard navigation with Chrome?

Roughly about a week ago I stopped being able to use keyboard navigation in Google Search (i.e. press tab and up/down arrows). I had no issues before, and I've changed nothing as far as I can tell. The issue only occurs in Chrome (Firefox works…
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Google Chrome Tab Search is Not Working

So, I just bought a new laptop, installed Google Chrome, and discovered to my dismay that when I try to do what I normally do to perform a search, Google Chrome is acting wonky. To normally search on every other computer I use, I start typing google…
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Chrome search bar automatically uses old search terms

I have a problem with my google chrome: When I try to search for a term which starts with a string that I previously searched for, that old search term is automatically used. So, assuming I searched for "foo fighters" last week and today I want to…
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How do I remove the favicons from Google search results?

See the favicons with the red box around them. This is a recent addition and is not caused by anything else as it's a fresh install of chrome. I would like to disable these. Is there a setting in Chrome to remove them? The same search in firefox,…
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Disable address bar search in Google Chrome at www.google.com

I am aware of this question: How to disable search in the Google Chrome address bar? and this one: Force Chrome to open URLs as URLs, instead of searching However, both of those are about URL searches in the address bar so I don't think I'm asking…
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