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It’s copied from my list of Google Chrome search engines. Here are some of top custom Chrome search engines that you can consider. 15 Google Chrome Custom Search Engine Ideas (My Personal Favorites) You can find the correct URL by doing a sample search and then you have to replace the search query with “%s”. I have created custom search engines for Wikipedia Search by Google, Google Cache, Google’s I’m Feeling Lucky, Google Images, Who.is, Gmail Search, Search, Google Dictionary, Google Site Search, iTunes Store Search, Yahoo! Finance, and whatnot. It’s super cool when you can define your own shortcuts to activate the above search engines, and I personally guarantee that it WILL boost your productivity. It may sound very simple but you really can do A LOT more things than you can imagine just because you can virtually add any website to it. URL with %s in place of query: Enter the web address for the search engine. You can use the keyword to quickly access the search engine via the address bar. Keyword: Enter the text shortcut you want to use for the search engine. Now you can add your own custom search engines (as many as you want!) by clicking on the “ ADD” button under “Other search engines”.Īdd a new search engine: Enter a label for the search engine. It’s categorized as Default search engines and Other search engines. On MacOS On WindowsĪnd then you’ll see a list of custom search engines.

Just right-click in the address bar and click “Edit Search Engines…”.

Or, directly from Google Chrome’s address bar. You can add, edit, remove and manage your Google Chrome search engines from Chrome > Settings > Search. So the solution is… to add our own custom search engines to Google Chrome. But since I live in India, Chrome automatically sets Google India (.in) as my default search engine even though I want to use as my primary search engine.Īgain, they show personalized search results by default which I don’t want. The problem arises when you need tailored search results and a custom shortcut key (or known as the keyword in Google Chrome’s custom search engines).įor instance, my favorite search engine is Google and the default search engine in Chrome is Google itself. It’s a nice feature, right? Well, not necessarily. Like this: Google Chrome Custom Search Engines (Auto Generated) That is, when you visit and uses its search engine, Chrome automatically adds a custom Amazon search to its list of search engines. Of course, Google Chrome automatically adds all those custom search engines when you visit those websites (even if you don’t want to).

But the problem is, every time you want to use its search feature, you have to actually visit those websites and then use its search function. If you’re a Web 2.0 fanatic then I’m pretty sure that you often use the search engines by the popular (and biggest) web 2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc. And yeah, it even acts as a search engine to browse your own search and Chrome browsing history.īut did you know that it’s much more than just an address bar? That it can easily boost your productivity by helping you create and add your own custom search engines? Google Chrome’s Omnibox (or the address bar) is not something new to you and me.It allows us to navigate to a webpage or search the web from the address bar.