Solved Friday poll: custom search engines

barbudo2005

@stardepp

I imagine that to maintain your "Guide Vivaldi search engines collection " thread, you check them all every day.

derDay

have 30 and I use almost all of them (one of the best features IMO)

mikeyb2001

@DoctorG you think @Catweazle is bad look at @stardepp

Aaron

+10
I added Google map and Amap(an Chinese map/navigation app)

sgunhouse

Used to have several, but that was in old Opera. Between hardware replacements and software updates, I have no custom search engines at this time. Only one I really miss is the one I had for Google Maps; some of the others probably don't even exist today.

stardepp

@mikeyb2001 What about me?

Catweazle

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DoctorG

@mikeyb2001 i never meant "bad", i was astonished that some users have so many and use them.

Catweazle

@DoctorG, apart of some specific searches, I use mainly Andi, Startpage and Mojeek, but I test also others because, if they are valid, i mencioned it in the search engin collection from @stardepp, what he can surely confirm.
This colection is a good thing to share in the web and this way users to Vivaldi. AFAIK it's the biggest search engin list in the web.

paul1149

Not sure if this is what you have in mind, but I create custom searches by adding frequently-used terms to a plain vanilla search. For instance, I often look up things pertaining to LibreOffice, so the shortcut LO invokes this search:

https://paulgo.io/search?language=en-US&time_range=&safesearch=1&categories=general&q=(libreoffice%20OR%20openoffice)+Writer+%s

That pre-loads (libreoffice OR openoffice) Writer into the search string, saving me a lot of typing each time.

Catweazle

@paul1149, nice one, but for frecuent used sites I prefer Bookmarks.

barbudo2005

Sorry for being off-topic, but can I show my pencil collection so as not to appear in an unfavorable light?

paul1149

@Catweazle said in Friday poll: custom search engines:

@paul1149, nice one, but for frecuent used sites I prefer Bookmarks.

How does that enable you to do a direct search with pre-loaded search string elements?

Catweazle

@paul1149, I don't need a search for sites like this forum and other I use frequently, I think that it's enough to have the site in my bookmarks to access with a click. In the page itself I can search with Shift+F2

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I use search engines only for Web Searches if I need some informacion o sources.

barbudo2005

@Catweazle

Said:

I don't need a search for sites like this forum and other I use frequently……..

Why do you think Vivaldi has this feature of adding a site search as a search engine?

Because it saves you one step, i.e. instead of having to open the site and then having to type the search in the search field, you enter it directly in the Vivaldi UI and the search you require opens directly.

In addition, you can customize the search with the parameters you are interested in only once when you create the search engine, and not hundreds of times each time you want to search for something.

For example, I have a general search engine for the forum and another one when I want to search for something I posted.

And finally, the more frequently you use a site to search it, the more efficient and convenient it is to have a predefined search engine.

Catweazle

@barbudo2005, It was an example, Shift+F2 works on any page, but it's mostly not needed, because the page has normally an own search. If I need this function often, I add it also direct as search engine in my list with an right click, like the Vivaldi Forum search. No need of setting it by hand with an script.

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mikeyb2001

@stardepp you called cat a search engine hoarder lol

josephj11

@marialeal I use several
Presearch is my default
Andisearch
Acronym finder
Raindrop.io search

Catweazle

@josephj11, I see that you use also Andisearch, do you know the new project which Angi and Jed are preparing?

https://www.clipmarks.ai

Dancer18

I have around 40 search engines. However, I rarely use most of them. I use about 10 more frequently. Some are very specific, such as the ISBN number at eurobuch.com.