Switching author link from Wikipedia to Google?

MikeOxlittle · 09-29-2013, 04:59 PM

Wanted to change the author link from searching from Wikipedia to Google instead. Just not sure what to put into the field to get it to work properly, anyone know?

Thanks for any help.

MikeOxlittle · 09-29-2013, 05:07 PM

Made my few remaining brain cells work and figured it out.

The field should be https://www.google.com/#q={author}

Works a bit better for lesser known authors who don't have a Wikipedia entry while the first search result for other authors will usually be their Wiki page anyways.

09-29-2013, 04:59 PM	#1
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09-29-2013, 05:07 PM	#2
MikeOxlittle Say my name very fast ... Posts: 131 Karma: 1387009 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The High Seas Device: Kindle	Made my few remaining brain cells work and figured it out. The field should be https://www.google.com/#q={author} Works a bit better for lesser known authors who don't have a Wikipedia entry while the first search result for other authors will usually be their Wiki page anyways.

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