How Do I Get Back On Google?

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  1. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
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    I'm locked out of my Search Engine! Every time I click on Google, a page comes up saying "OOPS ...something went wrong!"

    How do I restore my connection?

    Thanks,
    Hal
     
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    Hal Pollner, Sep 25, 2021
  2. Marie Mallery

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    I'll bump you up but I have no idea.
     
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    Marie Mallery, Sep 25, 2021
  3. Al Amoling

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    type google.com into url. you probable have a bad previous link
     
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    Al Amoling, Sep 25, 2021
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  4. John Brunner

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    Do what Al said.

    If you want to fix your bad link, try this if you wish:

    1. Right-click on the link
    2. Select "Edit Bookmark"
    3. In the url field, highlight all the text to the right of "google.com" and delete it

    As Al said, you may have bookmarked to a webpage that does not exist.
     
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  5. Hal Pollner

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    I fixed it re-typing "google.com" in my list of favorite places.

    Hal
     
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    Hal Pollner, Sep 25, 2021
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  6. Ken Anderson

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    That's God trying to tell you that Bing is a better choice.
     
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    Ken Anderson, Sep 26, 2021
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  7. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
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    What the hell is BING?
     
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    Hal Pollner, Sep 26, 2021
  8. John Brunner

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    Bing.com is a search engine similar in functionality to Google

    So is Duckduckgo.com

    They have varying degrees of advertised and implied privacy (or lack thereof.)
     
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    John Brunner, Sep 26, 2021
  9. Hal Pollner

    Hal Pollner Veteran Member
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    oh.
     
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    Hal Pollner, Sep 26, 2021
  10. John Brunner

    John Brunner Senior Staff
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    Yeh, people say to "Google it" as though that is the sole way to search the web.
     
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    John Brunner, Sep 26, 2021
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  11. Dwight Ward

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    DuckDuckGo is more private. Bing is a microsoft program and is the default search engine for edge and explorer.
     
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    Dwight Ward, Sep 26, 2021
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