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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.
Dec 2, 2020 · Updated on December 2, 2020. In This Article. Jump to a Section. With over 9 million articles, Wikipedia is one of the largest sources of information online. The site includes a rather effective search tool in the upper-right corner of every page. It can be used to search for general terms and exact phrases.
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Aug 12, 2022 · The seventh most popular website in the world, Wikipedia shows up on the first page of search engine results for all types of queries – including some of the ones you’re probably going after....
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Mar 8, 2022 · The Wikipedia search engine searches not only the titles of all two million articles but also their full text. The search engine also includes alternate article titles (redirect titles). (In addition, you can search Wikipedia pages that are not articles, as we'll explain.)
Jun 7, 2021 · We are taking a small step towards shedding greater light on the relationship between Search and Wikipedia by releasing a new, daily dataset of Wikipedia pageviews referred directly from search engines split by Wikipedia language, search engine, operating system, and web browser.
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