If the title isn't clear, then hopefully this description will clear it up.
What I wanted was for a user to highlight a word on any given webpage and then that word will be searched up on Google Search (as in google.com). I have explored custom search engine but I dont need to create a whole other search engine. I just need to have whatever was highlighted to be searched up in a new tab. Is there a specific from Google for this?
Thanks for your time and help.
I will be using JavaScript if that matters.
Assuming you are using Google Chrome (as your tag indicates, to me anyways), highlighting a selection then right-click will give you the option to search with your default search engine and open the result in a new tab.
It is unclear exactly what functionality you want and what you are writing. Is it a Chrome extension?
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To become more efficient, I wanted to use keyboard to point to and open any google search results on the first page. I couldn't find any such shortcut. I think using tab used to work but recently it has stopped working for me.
Google Maps used to have a feature to create a link (short URL) to the current view and location. However that doesn't seem to be there anymore...?? Is that gone or how do I do that?
I mean not just a link to a specific search query, i.e. like maps.google.com/maps?q=<address> or maps.google.com/maps?q=<lat,lon>, but when moving around, having a certain view and zoom level and everything, you could do 'Create link'. With a checkbox 'create short URL` which resulted in URLs like http://goo.gl/maps/AbCdEf.
Anyone knows where I can find that feature now?
Left to the search box you'll find the following icon:
Here you find the option for sharing the link to the current view, also for short links.
It has changed in the latest version of Maps: If you click on the "Share" Icon in the route details section - it allows the same thing - select "Short URL" and off you go...
I have Gmail and all language settings I could find there are set to US English.
However, when I type "googlemaps" in my search bar and click on the link https://maps.google.com/ it will show me the map in Arabic language which I can not read. Does anybody know what I need to do in order to set it back to English?
There are two ways to do this that do not require logging in to a Google account.
Cookies: Go to google.com/ncr. This will set a cookie in your browser saying that you want to view the US English version of Google. This will apply to all google services such as Maps until you clear cookies.
Query strings: You can also just append ?hl=en to the end of the URL. For example: maps.google.com?hl=en. If you want to do it this way, it's worth reading about how query strings are formatted since you might run into issues if one is already in the URL.
Ok, I finally found it out myself. I share to maybe allow someone else with the same annoying problem to save some valuable time of his life.
First I went to this page: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2539428?hl=en&rd=1
Point 1 holds a link to Search Settings which I clicked. Now with me, this new page rendered in Arabic. I had to click around until I found some language selections with radio buttons. There I selected english and saved with the blue shaped button. After that, finally no more Arabic. HTH
Just log in to your Google account. Click the 'Log In' blue button at your upper left. It should solve the problem, if you've saved English as you preferred language.
I am developing a website which has custom Google search bar embedded into it. My client wants a functionality that when a user searches something into that search box, a new page should open where he should be shown the result of his search. The current Google search bar displays the result just below it. Is there any way I can change to display the results in a new tab? Please help out. Thanks
I would recommend using the new Google Custom Search Widget. It provides a simple parameter to open the searched item in a new window. The method you are using is deprecated.
<gcse:searchbox-only resultsUrl="http://www.example.com" newWindow="true" queryParameterName="search">
For more information visit this.
I use a VPN to connect to the internet with and am using google chrome browser.
Annoyingly, I get a pop-up message regularly asking me if I want to continue using google.se instead of searching with google.de, for example. Pressing no only satisifies it for a short time before asking again and there are no options to turn this off.
I cut and pasted but worked for me:
Or you can just add "/ncr" to the URL of the google site you want and it'll keep you there - eg
NCR stands for No Country Redirect.