Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

General Questions

1. Why am I suddenly seeing pop-up ads on Google?
2. How do I narrow my search?
3. How can I restrict my search?
4. How do I stop my previous searches from appearing when I type in a new search term?
5. How can I set the default number of hits to 100?
6. How are query results listed?

International Questions

1. Why am I suddenly seeing pop-up ads on Google?
2. How do I narrow my search?
3. How can I restrict my search?

Answers General Questions

1.

Why am I suddenly seeing pop-up ads on Google?

Google does not allow pop-up ads of any kind to appear on our site. We find them annoying. So why do they occasionally appear when you search on Google? Here are a few possible explanations:

You may have encountered a squatter with an address similar to Google's. Occasionally, individuals will register domain names that are one letter off from a well-known URL in hopes of attracting those who make mistakes in their typing. Please be sure to enter www.google.com into your browser and the pop-ups may go away.

2.

How do I narrow my search?

Sometimes a search is in the right neighborhood but is overcrowded with too many irrelevant results. To refine your search, try doing a new search in which you add more words to your query. This will return a set of results that more closely matches what you wanted to find. You can also exclude words by putting the "-" operator immediately in front of each word you don't want to show up in your results.

3.

How can I restrict my search?

Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meaning to Google. One such word for Google is the "site:" operator. To search a specific domain or site, use the "site:sampledomain.com" syntax in the Google search box.