Category: Google search

If Google is your default search engine, but every search query you type on it is redirected to Bing, then definitely a browser hijacker has compromised your system. As mentioned in the previous section, the browser hijacker might have altered your system settings, and that’s the reason search query is redirected to Bing without your […]

Humans are inherently biased in one way or another. You must also consider that Google uses over 10,000 humans for manually reviewing the quality of their search engine results. It’s entirely possible that these humans could suppress pages they don’t agree with. Bias is inevitable when humans are involved. The short answer is not likely. […]

Search for multiple items You can enter more than one query into Google at a time to view all options. Simply key on “OR” between the terms. Use quotes to search for an exact phrase This one’s a well-known, simple trick: searching a phrase in quotes will yield only pages with the same words in […]

According to a few enterprising posters at Reddit and a bug report over at the Android project at Google Code, the reason Google searches can be so slow inside the Google App is that the “Search Applications Provider” utility built into Android is poorly optimized. Close all apps and restart. Update your i. OS or […]

Many of the differences between the ranking processes of Bing and Google sit at the intersection of technical and content in SEO. For example, the treatment of metadata and other on-page signals differs significantly between the two search engines, largely due to the different ways in which they attempt to understand sites across the web. […]

Click or double-click the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere. Click the address bar. It’s the text box at the top of the browser window. Some additional items to think about: press the tab ↹ key, type in a website’s address, type in your search term or phrase, look […]

First, open an Edge browser window. To use Google or another search engine as your default in Microsoft’s modern Edge browser, click the menu button (three dots) found in the top-right corner and then select “Settings.” In the Settings tab, click “Privacy, Search, and Services” in the sidebar. What is the best search engine for […]

Another common issue that causes Chrome to crash or freeze are malicious or poorly designed extensions. When this happens, it’s difficult to know which extension is causing the issue. Because of this, the easiest solution is to disable all extensions and then enable only the ones you really need one at a time. Check your […]

Approximately 46% of all Google searches have to do with location. Location searches comprise almost half of all searches on Google. For reference, there are 3.5 billion queries on the search engine each day, and 1.6 billion of those include local elements. How much do Google Local search results matter for Local SEO? The top […]

Because with Chrome, Google can track every website you visit directly – that is, without first passing through its search engine. The search engine on its own left a significant gap in the company’s knowledge about you; it only revealed areas in which you needed more information. Is Google tracking your online activities? Not too […]