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  2. Wikipedia:Search engine test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Search_engine_test

    Search engine tests. Depending on the subject matter, and how carefully it is used, a search engine test can be very effective and helpful, or produce misleading or non-useful results. In most cases, a search engine test is a first-pass heuristic or " rule of thumb ".

  3. Help:Searching from a web browser - Wikipedia

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    To set Wikipedia as the default search engine: Click the hamburger menu and go to the 'Options' menu. In the options menu, click on 'Search'. To set Wikipedia as the default search engine, click on the dropdown menu under "Default Search Engine" and select Wikipedia. To trigger the keyword search: Type the '@' key into the search bar.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Help:Searching/Features - Wikipedia

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    Search is a search engine that does a full text search by querying an index database. It offers search syntax and parameters exceeding the capabilities and control of other public search engines that could search Wikipedia. Page score. Say the search box is given two words. The search starts with two index lookups, and the two results are ...

  6. Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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    The search box is an input box with the term "Search Wikipedia" in it. In the Vector skin, it is located in the top right corner of the screen. In Monobook, it is in the middle of the sidebar on the left of the screen. To use the search box, click in it, or jump to it, and type in your search string.

  7. Wikipedia:Google searches and numbers - Wikipedia

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    Pretty much everyone that uses a computer or cell phone uses search engines or even metasearch engines at some point. There are many of them like Bing, Yahoo! Search, and the most popular Google Search with an estimated 5.4 billion searches every day. Google uses algorithms to adjust search engine results pages (SERP) based on individual ...

  8. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects : Commons. Free media repository. MediaWiki. Wiki software development. Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia project coordination. Wikibooks. Free textbooks and manuals.

  9. Wikipedia:External search engines - Wikipedia

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    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.