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  2. Help:Searching from a web browser - Wikipedia

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

    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.

  3. Google Public DNS - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS

    Google Public DNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) service offered to Internet users worldwide by Google. It functions as a recursive name server. Google Public DNS was announced on December 3, 2009, [1] in an effort described as "making the web faster and more secure." [2][3] As of 2018, it is the largest public DNS service in the world, handling ...

  4. Search engine privacy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_privacy

    Google, founded in 1998, is the most widely used search engine, receiving billions and billions of search queries every month. [8] Google logs all search terms in a database along with the date and time of search, browser and operating system, IP address of user, the Google cookie, and the URL that shows the search engine and search query. [10]

  5. DuckDuckGo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

    DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. [3][14] Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. Self-funded by Weinberg until October 2011, DuckDuckGo was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors."

  6. QUIC - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC

    e. QUIC (/ kwɪk /) is a general-purpose transport layer network protocol initially designed by Jim Roskind at Google. [1][2][3] It was first implemented and deployed in 2012. [4] It was publicly announced in 2013 as experimentation broadened, and was described at an IETF meeting. [5][6][7][8] QUIC is used by more than half of all connections ...

  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. Google data centers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_data_centers

    This public network is used to distribute content to Google users as well as to crawl the internet to build its search indexes. The private side of the network is a secret, but a recent disclosure from Google [86] indicate that they use custom built high-radix switch-routers (with a capacity of 128 × 10 Gigabit Ethernet port) for the wide area ...

  9. AOL Search FAQs - AOL Help

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    When seeking online information, many people turn to search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, or AOL Search. These search engines function as digital indexes, organizing available content by topic and sub-topic, much like an index in a book. Each search engine builds its index using distinct methods, typically beginning with an automated ...