Use our Google search!

[mol]

It helps bring ad dollars, too! =)

Thanks, everyone!!

[Nantonos]

It helps bring ad dollars, too! =)

Thanks, everyone!!


I didn't know. Will do, i make hundreds of google searches each day.

I notice though that my preferences (language, safesearch, etc) are ignored if I use this one.

[Nantonos]

I didn't know. Will do, i make hundreds of google searches each day.

I notice though that my preferences (language, safesearch, etc) are ignored if I use this one.

And that is because the form hard-codes options that are not what I want (and indeed, not particularly good practice either - input encoding and output encoding in utf-8 is much better in terms of a global site).



<input name="q" size="16" maxlength="255" value="" type="text">
<input name="sa" value="Google Search" type="submit">
<input name="client" value="pub-6867100106967280" type="hidden">
<input name="forid" value="1" type="hidden">
<input name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" type="hidden">
<input name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1" type="hidden">
<input name="safe" value="active" type="hidden">
<input name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000 000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;" type="hidden">
<input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden">

Presumably you still get the ad dollars if I copy this to my own search page and change for example the encodings to UTF-8?

[Cassie]

It helps bring ad dollars, too! =)

Thanks, everyone!!

I didn't realise that. I will make a point of using it in future! :)

[Catiana]

I didn't know we had that, I'll start using it, I go on google all of the time. :)

[mol]

And that is because the form hard-codes options that are not what I want (and indeed, not particularly good practice either - input encoding and output encoding in utf-8 is much better in terms of a global site).



<input name="q" size="16" maxlength="255" value="" type="text">
<input name="sa" value="Google Search" type="submit">
<input name="client" value="pub-6867100106967280" type="hidden">
<input name="forid" value="1" type="hidden">
<input name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" type="hidden">
<input name="oe" value="ISO-8859-1" type="hidden">
<input name="safe" value="active" type="hidden">
<input name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000 000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;" type="hidden">
<input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden">

Presumably you still get the ad dollars if I copy this to my own search page and change for example the encodings to UTF-8?
Nan, give me some good settings...I will change it. =)

[Brenda]

Now I won't even have to leave MW anymore :D
ETA: is it possible to do the search in a new window?

[LostSheep]

yay that's handy :santasmil

[mol]

Now I won't even have to leave MW anymore :D
ETA: is it possible to do the search in a new window?
Well, that is an option, but I was afraid folks popup blockers would complain.

[Penthesilea]

Well, that is an option, but I was afraid folks popup blockers would complain.No matter -- as long as you get money for it! I'm gonna Google later today once I get my eyeballs reinstalled (a.k.a. rest up from eyestrain) and I'll be sure to do it from here!

[Nantonos]

Nan, give me some good settings...I will change it. =)

Now, there is trust for you. Okay. Change these two lines (changes in red). It makes the encoding UTF-8, as used by Win2k, WinXP, MacosX, and Linux. It means that searching for, eg, Greek or Japanese or whatever works, instead of giving an error like it does now.


<input name="ie" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
<input name="oe" value="utf-8" type="hidden">Delete or comment out this line. Instead of hard coding safesearch to be on, it uses whatever your saved preferences are. People who have safesearch off will still, er, have it off. And peple who have safesearch set to strict (which is stricter than on) will still be strictly denied raunchy images as well as text.


<!--input name="safe" value="active" type="hidden"-->

[Nantonos]

And if anyone has a local google search page, then they can use this and still support MW


<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html><head><title>MW Google</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Goooooogle with <a href="http://www.mysticwicks.com/">Mystic Wicks support</a></h1>
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top">
<input name="q" size="16" maxlength="255" value="" type="text">
<input name="sa" value="Hail Mol!" type="submit">
<input name="client" value="pub-6867100106967280" type="hidden">
<input name="forid" value="1" type="hidden">
<input name="ie" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
<input name="oe" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
<!--input name="safe" value="active" type="hidden"-->
<input name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000 000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;" type="hidden">
<input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden">
</form>
</body></html>

[Sun Sprite]

I wish I had seen this this morning before 8:00. I did a serch of all my web sites in all the major search enguines. Oh well, may just do it again tommorrow for goggle.

[mol]

Now, there is trust for you. Okay.

Changes made! =) Thanks, Nan...that is much better. Oh, and thanks for the html below....hehe.

[TaysatWesir]

sure thing mol :hailmol:

[fay]

I didn't know we had that, I'll start using it, I go on google all of the time. :)

Me neither. I too use google all the time, so I might as well help you at the same time, mol. Although that said, I think I'm now going to go do some random searches on MW google just for the fun of it :nyah:.

Time to go google my own name me thinks, teehee.

Edited to add: There's a Fay School!!! How cool is that! I have a school! teehee :nyah:.

[Bix]

And if anyone has a local google search page, then they can use this and still support MW


<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html><head><title>MW Google</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Goooooogle with <a href="http://www.mysticwicks.com/">Mystic Wicks support</a></h1>
<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom" target="_top">
<input name="q" size="16" maxlength="255" value="" type="text">
<input name="sa" value="Hail Mol!" type="submit">
<input name="client" value="pub-6867100106967280" type="hidden">
<input name="forid" value="1" type="hidden">
<input name="ie" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
<input name="oe" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
<!--input name="safe" value="active" type="hidden"-->
<input name="cof" value="GALT:#008000;GL:1;DIV:#336699;VLC:663399;AH:center;BGC:FFFFFF;LBGC:336699;ALC:0000FF;LC:0000FF;T:000 000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;" type="hidden">
<input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden">
</form>
</body></html>


How would you implement that on your own google searches?

[AineDanu]

I'll be sure to use this for all of my research - one more reason to hang out around here - im already telling everyone I know to come here for all of the wonderful people and the incredible amount of information i've been able to find.

[CzechWoods]

i never even realized there was a google window, because my monitor is so small, i dont see anything on the left side. lol

[Pesha]

Ok, I am a Googler.......so where is the window for this new feature please. Never mind, as usual I found it, after posting I could not find it. Bad Dragon.

BB
DS.

[Lone Wolf]

Will do! :hailmol:

[Nantonos]

How would you implement that on your own google searches?
Save it to a local file, like mwgoogle.html, bookmark it, and off you go.

[mol]

Save it to a local file, like mwgoogle.html, bookmark it, and off you go.
Huzzah!

[BlueMoon13]

It helps bring ad dollars, too! =)

Thanks, everyone!!
:fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise: :cheers:

[SilentDreams]

Funnily enough, I didn't even notice it. Well now that I know its their I'll use it. lol

[Bix]

Save it to a local file, like mwgoogle.html, bookmark it, and off you go.
Thanks a bunch! You rock!

[omar]

I will try yours because I could not get a google from google, when I tryed it.

[RubyRose]

Cool. I use Google, way too much.

[CoolJ]

Does the search take up bandwith? does it get logged?

I hope I'm not flooding MW with "Alien dog sex" and that sort of thing...

[fay]

I use google all the time and now whenever I need to search for something I just use the MW version. Makes it easier anyways as I just have to hit my MW button (can you tell I'm addicted? :nyah: ) instead of typing in the google address. Anything I can do to help :D.

[Shanti]

Now I won't even have to leave MW anymore :D
ETA: is it possible to do the search in a new window?

You can open 'anything' in a new window/tab if you use firefox browser!!
Got to love FF!!

[Briana]

Save it to a local file, like mwgoogle.html, bookmark it, and off you go.
This rocks!!! Tee hee... and I love the button you set up!

MWGoogling now....

[mol]

Thanks, guys! You are too cool. =}

[merlo]

:bouncysmi Just had quite the conversation about a phrase that we googled, and you got money for that? The gods are smiling!!

[Dawa Lhamo]

MW Google is now my homepage. (It was just Google before) ^_^:cheers:

[The Lady]

But I don't understand how to do this. Can someone explain to me in very layman terms how to do this. [laughing] I either have misunderstood something or I am not as computer savvy as I thought which is disappointing considering that I have been a technical trainer for 30 years! [shakes head sadly]

Thank you in advance. :hahugh:

[CzechWoods]

But I don't understand how to do this. Can someone explain to me in very layman terms how to do this. [laughing] I either have misunderstood something or I am not as computer savvy as I thought which is disappointing considering that I have been a technical trainer for 30 years! [shakes head sadly]

Thank you in advance. :hahugh:

Explain what ?

[The Lady]

:hahugh: Thanks.

[CzechWoods]

:alol:

[Cindlady2]

OK.... new question...I have a Google tool bar wich I don't want to give up because it has 'spell check', 'popup blocker', & 'Auto Fill'. Any way I change that to MW's?

[morningstar2651]

I'm going to be putting a google search into my page. I already got the approval. I just need to get around to inserting it.

[Nantonos]

OK.... new question...I have a Google tool bar wich I don't want to give up because it has 'spell check', 'popup blocker', & 'Auto Fill'. Any way I change that to MW's?
There is a way, but don't do it.

Using the MW Google for software applications like toolbars is specifically against the user agreement between MW and Google, as you can see by following links from the fine print in the search results.