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Showing posts with label google. Show all posts

Jan 15, 2010

Fix Hijacked Search From URL in Firefox

hacking google search from address bar

So I don't really know when it happend but I noticed a few months ago when I entered just a set of words in the address bar in Firefox rather than giving me a list of Google results I was presented some kind of Comcast sponsored Ask.com search (thanks Comcast... I'm guessing some "gift" from you since I'm a Comcast subscriber). I wanted my Google results back. A quick search on Google gave me the answer to fixing it. Here's the page I found to help me get it back the way I wanted it:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/06/12/hack-to-modify-firefox-3-address-bar-to-return-search-results-when-query-or-invalid-url-is-entered/

Jul 28, 2008

Monday Match - Falling On Her Own by Craig Kendall

This will begin a new series for what I hope will be consistent on Mondays each week. My post, Random Letter - Thanks to a Good Samaritan inspired me to see what other Craig Kendall's in the world are up to. So I googled (actually I was trying cuil, a new search engine player) "Craig Kendall" and found there are a bunch of us listed. I'm not quite sure if this song is by Craig Kendall and he's the guy in the video singing, or if the song is about a girl (what!) named Craig Kendall who lives in Australia. Either way, here's today's Monday Match...