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!
| 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 |
- Open Chrome
- Right click or control click the address bar
- Select "Edit Search Engines"
- Scroll through to see if the search you want to add is already in there—you might just need to change the keyword
- If it's not there, scroll to the bottom where you can add a new search engine just as you see it here
- Go to your address bar by either a) clicking it b) control-L on a PC c) command-L on a Mac
- Type the keyword (e.g.
wfor Wikipedia) - Don't press enter!
- Press space
- Type in your search query
- Now press enter