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Question from Lorna: Hi, Rick. I’m hoping you can help me solve a really odd mystery.
When I search for something on Bing and click on one of the search results, Bing always opens that link in a new tab.
That always leaves me with an extra tab to close when I’m done.
I’ve looked through the browser settings a dozen times but I can’t find a setting that would cause this.
Can you help me find whatever it is I need to change to make search results open in the same tab? [Read more…]
When it was first released, Microsoft’s Edge web browser used Bing as its default search engine, and there was no way to change it.
Well, Edge still comes with Bing set as the default search engine, but you can now switch it to Google or one of several other popular search engines.
If you like using Edge but would prefer to search with something other than Bing, you can follow the steps below to change the default search engine to the one you like best: [Read more…]
Question from Byron L.: I’m a photographer and I use Google Images a lot to check out photos taken by other photographers. I get a lot of inspiration from looking at their photos.
I’ve always heard that it’s safer to view the photos in Google Images by clicking on the “View Image” button instead of visiting the websites directly, and that’s what I always do.
But this morning I noticed that the “View Image” button is no longer available on Google Images.
Why is it missing, and is there any way to get it back?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Back in February Google announced plans to start giving “mobile friendly” web pages higher prirority in their mobile search results.
That makes plenty of sense to me. After all, if I’m searching for info while using my smart phone, I would prefer that Google recommend pages that are optimized for my phone’s small screen.
Well, now Bing is getting ready to jump onto the “mobile friendly” bandwagon. Microsoft has just announced that they will be rolling out changes similar to those made by Google within the next few months. [Read more…]