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Questions tagged [search-engine]

A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.

A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.

Use this tag to refer to questions about search engines like Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Baidu, etc.

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How can I add a new search engine to Safari without any 3rd party add-ons?

I know add-ons such as Glims can do this, but I would rather stay away from them. Any native (or more likely semi-native) way to do so? If it matters, the engine I would like to add is duckduckgo.
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Where has the SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome come from?

Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that. This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension named "search me" is installed both in safari and…
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Omnikey for Safari 13?

Omnikey is a very useful Safari extension that allows searching user-selected webpages by entering user-selectable keys preceding the search term. For example, entering "w Los Angeles" in the Safari address bar on my computer and pressing return…
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Change Siri's default search engine on macOS

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Sierra and now have access to Siri. Whenever Siri searches the internet, it uses Bing, although I would prefer to use Google. I changed Safari's default search engine to Google, but that did not affect…
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Can the Safari 6 omnibar search be changed from google.com to google.co.uk?

How can I change it so when I search using the omnibar it searches google.co.uk and not google.com. For example when I want to look at prices for a product, I use the omnibar to search google but it shows me prices in dollars as it is looking…
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How do I set Google as Safari Homepage on my iPhone?

I wish to set Google as Homepage for Safari on my iPhone. I’ve tried to do it through Settings app, Safari settings and notifications but to no avail. How do I accomplish this?
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Safari 11.1 Search Engine Preference Reverts to Google

Safari 11.1 running under macOS Sierra 10.12.6., on a mid-2013 MacBook Air. The software is all up to date. I'd like Safari to use DuckDuckGo as its default search engine. However, when I choose DDG in the dropdown at Safari > Preferences > Search,…
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How can I change the default search engine in Safari?

Safari for OS X only offers three search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing I want to use https://startpage.com as a default search engine to search directly from the unified URL/search bar. Is this possible?
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Change web search engine for Spotlight

Search the web from Spotlight (⌘ CommandSpace) by entering search text and pressing ⌘ CommandB. The expected result of opening the default web browser (Firefox) and completing the web search occurs. However, the web search engine uses Google rather…
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Creating a search engine within Numbers on a Mac

I want to know if it’s possible to create a search box directly within my Numbers document without the use of scripting, automator or terminal. The idea is that users could enter search terms in the box and it’d return any matching results, just…
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Google on my iOS devices is stuck in a different region than I live in

For some reason, my browser always defaults to New Zealand. I've reset my location in the Store and in the settings, but it always pulls up google.co.nz when doing a search and the default map centers on New Zealand when I turn off my…
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How to navigate google search results in Safari 8 with keyboard?

A while ago I remember being able to navigate through search results using J and K. Is there anyway to do that in Safari 8? I've tried changing tab behaviour in Safari prefs to tab through every item, but that's too many tabs to accomplish what I…
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Safari's "Quick Website Seach" Address Bar Feature Redirects Google to Ask Different

My default search engine in Safari is Bing (Amazon Gift cards FTW!). I usually search Google by starting to type "goo" and hitting tab to to autocomplete, which enters search engine mode. However, Google searches always come here. I removed…
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Is there a way to quickly search the web via Spotlight?

On macOS, you can use Spotlight to quickly do a web search of your query through hotkeys by pressing CMD + B. Is there any equivalent functionality in iPadOS? Using a Bluetooth keyboard, I have tried the same hotkey on iPadOS 13.1.2 with no luck.…
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Can a website change Safari’s default search engine?

My child’s MacBook had it’s default search engine changed to Yahoo. I did not do this, my child did not intentionally do this. So I see two possibilities. My kid downloaded and excecuted an app that changed it. Meaning nefarious code left the…
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