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Custom search engines for Google Chrome

Google Chrome Custom Search Engines

By Dan Turkel

A lot of people don't seem to realize the utility of the Google Chrome Custom Search Engine feature. Personally, I use it all the time every day. Want to search Wikipedia for Pokemon? Without lifting my fingers off the keyboard, I enter ⌘+L, then w Pokemon and Enter and bang, I'm there!

The Search Engines

Name Keyword Url
Google Search g https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
Google Image Search gi https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%s
Google I'm Feeling Lucky go http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=Im+Feeling+Lucky
Google Drive gd https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=%s
Amazon a http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&x=0&y=0
Discogs d http://www.discogs.com/search?q=%s&type=all
Ebay e http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=%s&_sacat=See-All-Categories
Translate English to Spanish es http://translate.google.com/#en%7Ces%7C%s%0A
Translate Spanish to English se http://translate.google.com/#es%7Cen%7C%s%0A
Firebase fb https://firebase.google.com/s/results?q=%s
Github gh https://github.com/search?q=%s&ref=opensearch
GitHub Gist gg https://gist.github.com/search?q=%s&ref=opensearch
GitHub Issues ghi https://github.com/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22help+wanted%22++%s
Goodreads gr http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?search_type=books&search[query]=%s
Hacker News hn https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=%s&start=0
Hoogle h https://www.haskell.org/hoogle/?hoogle=%s
IMDB i http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s
Jira j http://<subdomain>.atlassian.net/browse/%s
Last.fm l http://www.last.fm/search?q=%s
Last.fm Artist la http://www.last.fm/music/%s
Last.fm Tag lt http://www.last.fm/tag/%s
Song Meanings sm http://www.songmeanings.net/query/?q=%s&type=artists&page=1&start=0&mm=1&pp=20&b=Go
Stack Overflow st http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s
Stack Exchange se http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/search?q=%s
Urban Dictionary u http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s
Wikipedia w http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s
Wiktionary wk http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go
Wolfram Alpha wa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s
Yelp ye http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s&src=opensearch
Youtube y http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&page={startPage?}&utm_source=opensearch

How to Apply Them

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Right click or control click the address bar
  3. Select "Edit Search Engines"
  4. Scroll through to see if the search you want to add is already in there—you might just need to change the keyword
  5. If it's not there, scroll to the bottom where you can add a new search engine just as you see it here

How to Use Them

  1. Go to your address bar by either a) clicking it b) control-L on a PC c) command-L on a Mac
  2. Type the keyword (e.g. w for Wikipedia)
  3. Don't press enter!
  4. Press space
  5. Type in your search query
  6. Now press enter