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Frank A.

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Dec 27, 2009, 4:08:08 PM12/27/09
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I want to create a search from Google Advanced Search but when I right
click the search box (the top one) and go through the motions, it takes me
to Google Search, not Advanced when I check the shortcut. Is this a
glitch with Google? Usually when I create a search from a point on a
webpage the shortcut takes me right back there, which you would think
would be what its supposed to do. But not Google Advanced. Which is a
very good search medium!

Jens Schuessler

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Dec 27, 2009, 7:28:29 PM12/27/09
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* Frank A. <nomor...@spam.com> [27-12-09 21:08]:

You have to create it by hand, with this address
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s

Frank A.

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Dec 28, 2009, 2:57:32 AM12/28/09
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By hand? How did you get this URL? That's not the URL I get when I go to
Advanced Search, right click the message box and choose Create Search.

Aaron W. Hsu

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Dec 28, 2009, 3:45:39 AM12/28/09
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:57:32 -0500, Frank A. <nomor...@spam.com> wrote:

> By hand?

Oooo, scary.

Aaron W. Hsu
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Jens Schuessler

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Dec 28, 2009, 6:28:10 PM12/28/09
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* Frank A. <nomor...@spam.com> [28-12-09 07:57]:

>>> I want to create a search from Google Advanced Search but when I right
>>> click the search box (the top one) and go through the motions, it takes
>>> me
>>> to Google Search, not Advanced when I check the shortcut. Is this a
>>> glitch with Google? Usually when I create a search from a point on a
>>> webpage the shortcut takes me right back there, which you would think
>>> would be what its supposed to do. But not Google Advanced. Which is a
>>> very good search medium!
>>
>> You have to create it by hand, with this address
>> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s
>
> By hand?

Alt+P/Search/Add....Where's the problem?

> How did you get this URL?

You get this URL by a normal search with Google clicking on
'Advanced search' and look at the Addressbar

> That's not the URL I get when I go to Advanced Search, right click
> the message box and choose Create Search.

Yeah, but this is the URL that works.

Frank A.

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Dec 29, 2009, 4:21:14 PM12/29/09
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>>>> I want to create a search from Google Advanced Search but when I right
>>>> click the search box (the top one) and go through the motions, it
>>>> takes
>>>> me
>>>> to Google Search, not Advanced when I check the shortcut. Is this a
>>>> glitch with Google? Usually when I create a search from a point on a
>>>> webpage the shortcut takes me right back there, which you would think
>>>> would be what its supposed to do. But not Google Advanced. Which is
>>>> a
>>>> very good search medium!
>>>
>>> You have to create it by hand, with this address
>>> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s
>>
>> By hand?
>> How did you get this URL?
>
> You get this URL by a normal search with Google clicking on
> 'Advanced search' and look at the Addressbar

Looking at the Address Bar gives you this:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

That is different for the search above that works. Right clicking on the
search bar in the Advance Search of Google does not bring about a working
URL. So, once again, how do you get the one that works:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s

from this one that one gets when right clicking the search bar in Google's
Advanced Search and choosing Create Search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=%s&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

And that one doesn't work. It should open in Google Advanced Search.
Maybe Google Advanced Search is different. Because when I went here
(Metacrawler's Advanced Search):
http://www.metacrawler.com/metacrawler/ws/advsearch/ShowAdvanceSearch=1/rfcid=414/rfcp=Top/_iceUrlFlag=11?_IceUrl=true&qcat=web
the created search worked fine.


Jens Schuessler

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Dec 29, 2009, 5:51:05 PM12/29/09
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* Frank A. <nomor...@spam.com> [29-12-09 21:21]:

>>
>> You get this URL by a normal search with Google clicking on
>> 'Advanced search' and look at the Addressbar
>
> Looking at the Address Bar gives you this:
> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Okay, depends a bit from which page you come. Thats the one that you get
from the naked Google startpage. hl=en is just an option to see the
english page.


>
> That is different for the search above that works. Right clicking on the
> search bar in the Advance Search of Google does not bring about a working
> URL. So, once again, how do you get the one that works:
> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s

Do a normal googlesearch
http://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+A
then click on "Advanced search" and you see
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=Frank+A
maybe with different options behind, like '&hl=de&num=50', each option
with a leading ampersand. But the first one is the one that matters.

>
> from this one that one gets when right clicking the search bar in Google's
> Advanced Search and choosing Create Search:
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=%s&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

I know, but this doesn't work with "create search". If you want to now
why you have to ask Google. I think it's not Operas fault, cause if you
type a search term in the pure http://www.google.com/ search field an
then click on "Advanced search" the phrase will not be adopted on the
advanced search page, you have to type it twice. But doing the same in
a results page adopts the search term.

Frank A.

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Dec 29, 2009, 11:13:14 PM12/29/09
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>>> You get this URL by a normal search with Google clicking on
>>> 'Advanced search' and look at the Addressbar
>>
>> Looking at the Address Bar gives you this:
>> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
>
> Okay, depends a bit from which page you come. Thats the one that you get
> from the naked Google startpage. hl=en is just an option to see the
> english page.
>>
>> That is different for the search above that works. Right clicking on
>> the
>> search bar in the Advance Search of Google does not bring about a
>> working
>> URL. So, once again, how do you get the one that works:
>> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=%s
>
> Do a normal googlesearch
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+A
> then click on "Advanced search" and you see
> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=Frank+A
> maybe with different options behind, like '&hl=de&num=50', each option
> with a leading ampersand. But the first one is the one that matters.

Right. I get this:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=Frank+A&hl=en
And there's the English marker at the end you mentioned above.

>> from this one that one gets when right clicking the search bar in
>> Google's
>> Advanced Search and choosing Create Search:
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=%s&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images
>
> I know, but this doesn't work with "create search". If you want to now
> why you have to ask Google. I think it's not Operas fault, cause if you
> type a search term in the pure http://www.google.com/ search field an
> then click on "Advanced search" the phrase will not be adopted on the
> advanced search page, you have to type it twice. But doing the same in
> a results page adopts the search term.

Yes - I think you're right. Definitely Google is interacting differently
with Opera here then most others. Sorry to be such a bother about this.
And I should have tried other websites - then I would have realized that
its Google's issue, not Opera's. You're patient. Thanks for that. This
little "Create Search" thing is a really great tool for people using
specific pages over and over again. Yet I doubt more than 1% of Opera
users even know about it. Hopefully, with out info, that will go up to 2%
at least!

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