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  2. Help:Searching from a web browser - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching_from_a_web...

    It is a temporary change, and then you put it back to your preferred web-search engine. Say while on some web page, you decide to research, at Wikipedia, material on that web page. You change your web-search box to "Wikipedia (en)", and enter the page name or the query while on that web page. The other example is that you decide to contribute ...

  3. Help:Searching - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Searching

    Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query.

  4. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking

    Babylon Toolbar is a browser hijacker that will change the browser homepage and set the default search engine to isearch.babylon.com. It is also a form of adware. It displays advertisements, sponsored links, and spurious paid search results. The program will collect search terms from your search queries.

  5. Search engine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

    Some engines suggest queries when the user is typing in the search box. A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The user inputs a query within a web browser or a mobile app, and the search results are often a list of hyperlinks ...

  6. Wikipedia:External search engines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_search...

    Copernix.io is a geographical search engine allowing users to search places and information from Wikipedia on a map. Users can leave the search bar empty to see all pages within an area or type a query to get subject specific information. Some useful examples can be found at: Copernix examples and about.

  7. Google Search - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

    C++ [2] Google Search (also known simply as Google or Google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Internet by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the search query. It is the most popular search engine worldwide.

  8. Wikipedia:Link rot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot

    A site index or site-specific search feature is a useful place to locate the moved page, searching for the title or other information. If these tools are not available, many Internet search engines allow a search on a specified site. For example, with Google add site:en.wikipedia.org to the search

  9. Wikipedia:External links - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links

    A link from Wikipedia to an external site may drive Web traffic to that site, as a few readers may click on the link while reading the Wikipedia article. Adding your website to Wikipedia will not help with search engine optimization, because Google and other search engines ignore links on Wikipedia. In line with Wikipedia policies, you should ...