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How to Set Up Site Search Shortcuts in Firefox

Firefox has a built-in feature to make site searching more efficient. If you’d prefer not to install extensions then this tutorial will help speed up your browsing and search experience.

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Open Firefox Searches in a New Tab

Are you a tab browsing maniac? Firefox lets you automatically open all searches performed from either box in a new tab.

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How to Change the Default Search Provider in Internet Explorer 10

By default the Omnibar in Internet Explorer 10 is set to use Bing as the search provider. If you want to switch it to Google or another provider, it will require an add-on and a little expertise.

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Play Starcraft in Google Search With Zerg Rush Easter Egg

What would happen if you mixed Starcraft and Google? Well for starters, a zerg rush. Check out this new easter egg by typing “zerg rush” into Google search.

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Google’s Environment-Targeted Ads Patent

If you thought Google’s online Ads are at times a bit too well targeted, just wait — it looks like they’re just getting started. It turns out a few years ago, Google filed a patent for a technology that would analyze…

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Windows 8: Disable Search Indexing

Windows 8 has seen it’s share of improvements designed for Solid State Disks. Take advantage of another by disabling Search Indexing and improving overall system performance.

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How to Disable Google Instant Search

Instant search is available from both the standard Google.com search page as well as the Google Chrome Omni bar. I’ll cover both starting with Google.com. The first, visit Google.com and click the Gear at the top-right and select Search Settings. Scroll about halfway down the settings page and click the bullet labeled “Do not use [...]

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Google Introduces Content Authorship–Wages War on Content Thieves

Right in the thick of Google+ mania, Matt Cutts, the head of the web spam team at Google, drew attention to a new pilot program of Google search which connects Authors to their content on the Internet. I had already read and implemented the new markup on my blog the day before (thanks to yoast) [...]

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“What do you love”? Google Wants to Know!

It seems that Google fans get new services to rejoice about every few weeks. After a few powerful new search features a few weeks ago, very shortly Google should be announcing yet another service release shortly – What Do You Love. WDYL.com is a fairly straight forward Google Search portal which puts a new spin [...]

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Analyzing the Google Insights for Search Timeline: Advanced Keyword Research

In the first article in my series on Google Insights for Search, I introduced you to the Timeline feature of the service and showed you how to compare three search terms related to our hypothetical mobile gaming startup. We wanted to find out which would be the best platform to roll out our game on: [...]

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