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Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by adriaanb »

nhggfu wrote: post #29
kylecazar wrote: post #4

Neat! I am still not sure exactly how Google's 'Country' filter works.

via the gl=[2 letter country code] url parameter, i believe. (Also useful is the ?pws=0 flag [to remove personalization])

I didn't knew about pws and just added it! Thanks.

For country, I am using cr and language the cl query param.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by arshxyz »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #26

It is a great idea. It feels like a feature missing from Google (and probably impossible for Google to deliver being hampered by material design)

Google did make something like this: https://www.google.com/advanced_search

It has a lot of options, even allows you to search ONLY the Text/Title/URL and you can filter by usage right (free for personal/commercial use etc)

Interestingly it was last updated before material design was a thing. Maybe it's nostalgia but I love the design language of Google had before material injected padding everywhere.

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by geraldwhen »

gumballindie wrote: post #7
geraldwhen wrote: post #5

Google is objectively worse than all other search engines. I don’t know why I would want to search Google more.

What is the alternative? Chat gpt and clones are rather wrong most of the time.

Yandex is my go-to for harder to find items, and other than that I use DDG. Google never gives good results.

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Post by sa-code »

arshxyz wrote: post #32
quickthrower2 wrote: post #26

It is a great idea. It feels like a feature missing from Google (and probably impossible for Google to deliver being hampered by material design)

Google did make something like this: https://www.google.com/advanced_search It has a lot of options, even allows you to search ONLY the Text/Title/URL and you can filter by usage right (free for personal/commercial use etc) Interestingly it was last updated before material design was a thing. Maybe it's nostalgia but I love the design language of Google had before material injected padding everywhere.

That's a good point about padding. In trying to make their UIs "cleaner" they've made content impossible to fit unless you're maximized on a 27" screen (which is presumably how they develop)

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by adriaanb »

geraldwhen wrote: post #5

Google is objectively worse than all other search engines. I don’t know why I would want to search Google more.

The idea is to write one query and be able to view results on the major search engines. I have to investigate the supported advanced search feature for each first...

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by kylecazar »

adriaanb wrote: post #19
kylecazar wrote: post #4

Neat! I am still not sure exactly how Google's 'Country' filter works.

Google uses different ways to decide if a webpage belongs to a specific country. Like domain name, search console country setting, server location, language, etc. Not sure if it's always 100% accurate...

Gotcha.. this makes sense. I was hung up on what they even meant by a website belonging to a particular country (as if we're all patriotically running sites on local servers or something).

Re: Show HN: Qdorks.com – Advanced Google search query composer

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Post by adriaanb »

fraXis wrote: post #12

Great job! Please add/create a colorful favicon to the site so I can save it in my Google "bookmarks bar" without the name. Right now, it looks like this with a dark theme: https://imgur.com/a/SNmzISI

I just added a new icon, much better. Thanks for the tip!

https://qdorks.com

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