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1. www.wikipedia.orgWikipedia

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   Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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     Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia....

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     Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box...

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     Search engines, including web search engines,...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Main_pageWikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics. Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Help:SearchingHelp:Searching - Wikipedia

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   Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WikipediaWikipedia - Wikipedia

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   Almost half of Wikipedia readers visit the site more than five times a month, and a similar number of readers specifically look for Wikipedia in search engine results. About 47 percent of Wikipedia readers do not realize that Wikipedia is a non-profit organization.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_search_enginesList of search engines - Wikipedia

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   Search engines, including web search engines, selection-based search engines, metasearch engines, desktop search tools, and web portals and vertical market websites have a search facility for online databases.

   Name	Language	Backend Ownership
   Ask.com	Multilingual	Google
   Baidu	Chinese	Baidu
   Brave Search	Multilingual	Brave
   Dogpile	English	Metasearch engine

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Search_engineSearch engine - Wikipedia

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   A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query.

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   Does Wikipedia have search engine traffic?

   • To help address these questions, the Wikimedia Foundation is releasing a new, faceted dataset on search engine traffic to Wikipedia so you can ask questions like “What is the most common search engine in my country?” or “Which search engine is most-used by Android users?”

   Searching for Wikipedia – [[WM:TECHBLOG]] | Wikimedia

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   How do I set up a search engine on Wikipedia?

   • Visit your Preferences → Gadgets page (requires JavaScript) to set up: several external search engines' views of Wikipedia. The search results page will then have a pull down list to the left of its search box, offering your choice as, say, a modification of a word or phrase search, or a page ranking refinement.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   Does Wikipedia have a search box?

   • Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   How does Wikipedia search work?

   • Wikipedia's searches can be made domain-specific (i.e., search in desired namespaces). The search engine also supports special characters and parameters to extend the power of searches and allow users to make their search strings more specific.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   How do I search a page on Wikipedia?

   • Pressing ↵ Enter or clicking on the magnifying glass when the box is empty takes you directly to Wikipedia's search page. If your search matches a page name the search box may navigate instead of search. To get search results instead, prepend the tilde ~ character to the first word of the title.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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   What are the advanced features of the Wikipedia search engine?

   • Advanced features of the Wikipedia search engine include multi-word proximity-searches (in which the user indicates how close the words in a phrase might be), wildcard searches, "fuzzy" ~ searches (handles typo-correction and questionable spelling), and several wiki-oriented operators and parameters for weighting and filtering.

   Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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8. techblog.wikimedia.org › searching-for-wikipediaSearching for Wikipedia – [[WM:TECHBLOG]] - Wikimedia

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   Jun 7, 2021 · To help address these questions, the Wikimedia Foundation is releasing a new, faceted dataset on search engine traffic to Wikipedia so you can ask questions like “What is the most common search engine in my country?” or “Which search engine is most-used by Android users?”