Comments on: Turn off domain guessing and keyword search in Firefox http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/ Tim McCormack, distilled Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chrystin http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-50537 Chrystin Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:08:44 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-50537 Awesome information. I was looking for this because with my new computer and Windows 7 any mistyped addresses go to Bing, and I hated that. They announced Bing is now the 2nd most used search engine and I have no doubt it's because of this single feature. I didn't notice this issue prior to Windows 7, so may have turned it off many moons ago and forgot about it. MS deciding things for me on my own computer is one of those life aggravations that I am determined to foil when I can! Awesome information. I was looking for this because with my new computer and Windows 7 any mistyped addresses go to Bing, and I hated that. They announced Bing is now the 2nd most used search engine and I have no doubt it's because of this single feature. I didn't notice this issue prior to Windows 7, so may have turned it off many moons ago and forgot about it. MS deciding things for me on my own computer is one of those life aggravations that I am determined to foil when I can!

]]> By: Firefox – How to turn off domain guessing and keyword search. « Pragmatic Jeff http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-49872 Firefox – How to turn off domain guessing and keyword search. « Pragmatic Jeff Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:57:06 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-49872 [...] wasn’t an ISP feature, it’s a Firefox feature. Here’s an easy to follow recipe to Turn off domain guessing and keyword search in Firefox. Categories: Miscellaneous Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...] [...] wasn’t an ISP feature, it’s a Firefox feature. Here’s an easy to follow recipe to Turn off domain guessing and keyword search in Firefox. Categories: Miscellaneous Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment [...]

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-49000 Tim McCormack Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-49000 Rol Murrow: It's not standard Firefox keyword search. If it's a crapware toolbar, you've got other problems to deal with. Rol Murrow: It's not standard Firefox keyword search. If it's a crapware toolbar, you've got other problems to deal with.

]]> By: Rol Murrow http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-48995 Rol Murrow Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:24:37 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-48995 Tim, I set the values in FireFox as suggested. I am also using Google DNS 4.2.2.2 and 8.8.8.8. The problem I described above is still there. I am assuming a toolbar or something else I installed is causing the redirection for nonexistent domain names to http://www.web-help-service.com, which then immediately redirects me to http://searchassist.teoma.com/landing.jsf ... etc. Any further suggestions? thanks! Tim,

I set the values in FireFox as suggested. I am also using Google DNS 4.2.2.2 and 8.8.8.8. The problem I described above is still there.

I am assuming a toolbar or something else I installed is causing the redirection for nonexistent domain names to http://www.web-help-service.com, which then immediately redirects me to http://searchassist.teoma.com/landing.jsf ... etc.

Any further suggestions? thanks!

]]> By: user http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-42203 user Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:02:18 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-42203 Thank you.Simple and informative! Great work! Thank you.Simple and informative!
Great work!

]]> By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/blog/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-40807 Tim McCormack Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:26:37 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2006/09/01/turn-off-domain-guessing-and-keyword-search-in-firefox/#comment-40807 Ah, you've tried changing your DNS settings? If the toolbar is indeed the problem (and it could be, given that this would make them money) then you might try another browser, another user account, or even better another computer on the same network. Ah, you've tried changing your DNS settings? If the toolbar is indeed the problem (and it could be, given that this would make them money) then you might try another browser, another user account, or even better another computer on the same network.

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