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Network-wide StackExchange search is broken with “Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function” [closed]

At least on Google Chrome on Windows 7, the StackExchange network-wide search ("Search the Stack") is currently broken. In the browser console there is a JavaScript error: Uncaught TypeError: ...
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Should there be a way to search all Stack Exchange tech sites for potentially overlapping questions?

I just asked Why are off-topic migration options so limited? Should more specific SE tech sites be more visible?, and it made me wonder if we should have an ability to search across multiple, related ...
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Searching serverfault, unix.* and askubuntu at once?

Suppose I have a linux administration related question, having in mind some specific Debian box. Then it often seems reasonable to search all the three communities mentioned above (serverfault, unix ...
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Missing results when using the SE cross-site search

I often notice that when I use the SE cross-site search engine (which is powered by Google), I get just a small subset of the results obtained by searching Google with the operator: ...
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How do I search for a Stack Exchange site by some word in the name of the site?

How, within any one of the Stack Exchange sites, or from the Stack Exchange site itself, do I search and find the link to a Stack Exchange site by title, versus by content of the questions inside ...
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How can I easily find blogs by Stack Exchange users?

I would like to add more blogs to my reading list and since there are so many brilliant people writing answers on the Stack Exchange sites I figure a fraction of them might also write excellent blogs. ...
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What is the best way to search questions across the entire Stack Exchange network? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Cross Stack Exchange Search Is there an effective way to search for questions across Stack Exchange sites, or do I need to repeat the search on Stack Overflow, Super ...
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Does the search function need improvement?

Often I notice that the search function seems a bit off. Don't get me wrong, I've found lots of great questions and answers. It just appears, to me, that it heavily leans towards getting questions ...
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Need to be able to search for “stop words” on English.SE because they are often the most salient search term

I know this has been addressed before, but I don’t think anyone has clarified that this is a real, actual problem—not just a hypothetical one—at English.SE and that some kind of solution is needed if ...
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Searching multiple StackExchange sites: Build it into the UI

Here's the suggestion, approaching the issue of question area51 question overlap from the reader's side: 1) Create a search feature on stackexchange.com which allows searching of all the SE sites ...
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I need a way to search across all of the StackExchange vertical communities. Does this exist?

Maybe I'm too dense to find it. It sure would be HANDY!
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Searching for “which” or “what” doesn't work on english.stackexchange.com

It appears that interrogative words are excluded from search. This might make sense in the context of SOFU, but not on English Language and Usage. In my case, I was looking for a question on the ...
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Cross Stack Exchange Search

Inspired by this tweet: http://twitter.com/pablogl/statuses/20449580643 As the new, and awesome, StackExchange.com already aggregates the hot questions from across the system. I was wondering if it ...
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Suggestion: Could the search box have the initial input focus when going to the home page?

As stated in the title, when going to the home page, could it be possible to have the input focus in the search box since this is the place most users go?
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How do you search questions for a tag on multiple (SO-SU-SF…) sites?

Problem: If you are interesting in following any questions on, say (for instance), 'authentication', you can just open a new tab in your browser. ...
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SO-Family Quick-Reference to Q's, A's, and Fav's

Download Source: http://www.sampsonresume.com/labs/so-bigbox.user.js Installation: Install Greasemonkey for Firefox. Restart Firefox. Return here and click the 'download source' link. Once ...
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Make the search box return results from all StackOverflowian sites?

There should be an easy way to search ServerFault from StackOverflow (and the others) The easiest thing would be to add a "Try searching ServerFault" link next to the "Alternately, try your search in ...