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Topic # 112211 30-Nov-2012 13:36
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Notice this week that i can no longer tick the box for new zealand search results only????

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  Reply # 725140 30-Nov-2012 13:37
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After searching, click the search tools button, then change the "The Web" dropdown to "Pages from New Zealand"

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  Reply # 725142 30-Nov-2012 13:44
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took me a while to find it as well and its annoying, not sure what they changed the design as there is nothing in the side bar as of yet.




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  Reply # 725143 30-Nov-2012 13:46
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Thanks, very annoying having to do this compared to how it used to be

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  Reply # 725145 30-Nov-2012 13:50
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Apparently you can use the firefox version for older behaviour:

http://www.google.co.nz/firefox

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  Reply # 725146 30-Nov-2012 13:51
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Moved this to correct forum. And set the answer too - OPs if you see an answer please use the appropriate button to mark it.




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  Reply # 725150 30-Nov-2012 14:03
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I always just append site:nz to the end of my search.

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  Reply # 725151 30-Nov-2012 14:03
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:nz <search>

still works too

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  Reply # 725157 30-Nov-2012 14:39
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Oblivian: :nz <search>

still works too


I just type in 'NZ' at the end

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  Reply # 727442 5-Dec-2012 14:19
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jonb:
Oblivian: :nz <search>

still works too


I just type in 'NZ' at the end


I would seem using the method above and the search tools option then pages from New Zealand, yields different results.

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  Reply # 727458 5-Dec-2012 15:05
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I use "site:nz" in my query, which restricts the results to .nz domains.




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  Reply # 727461 5-Dec-2012 15:10
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Using site:nz will exclude sites such as metservice.com and will therefore restrict results further than the "classic" NZ search.

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  Reply # 727462 5-Dec-2012 15:12
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Yep, but that's often what I want. NZ targeted sites with a .com URL are stupid and don't deserve my attention.




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  Reply # 728193 6-Dec-2012 18:20
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Really annoying.

The design change is more minimal, but less practical by far.

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  Reply # 728217 6-Dec-2012 19:26
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Loaf: Really annoying.

The design change is more minimal, but less practical by far.


They have been doing quite a few annoying changes lately. One is with image search. At one stage parts of image search additional option were missing, but I see they now have the at the top of the page instead of down the side. 

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  Reply # 728363 7-Dec-2012 08:23
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I'm now getting no results at all (blank page) from a search

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