How to Add New Search Engines on Chrome
This is the day where search engines come to save our day. Now, creating an organizing a list of results based on various criteria is easy peasy. Some are specialized to retrieve data only from particular locations, narrowing specific down results.
This is how to adding a new custom search engine:
Step 1: Download, install, and run Google Chrome.
Step 2-a: Right-click the URL field and choose to Edit search engines.
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Step 2-b: Press the Hamburger button and go to Settings. In the Search category, choose to Manage search engines.
Step 3: Locate the Other search engines panel.
Step 4: Write down a name in the first empty field that reads Add a new search engine to define the engine you want.
Step 5: In the Keyword field, write a letter or word to easily access the specific engine.
Step 6: Open an empty tab and navigate to the page for which to add a new engine.
Step 7: Perform a simple search of anything on that site.
Step 8: Copy the whole URL back in the settings menu for Search engines, in the last empty field.
Step 9: Identify your query in the URL you just pasted, and replace it with %s.
Step 10: Hit Done for changes to take effect. To perform a search on the new engine, write down the keyword in the URL bar, hit Tab on your keyboard, then simply write down the query.
Examples of custom search engines
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http://news.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php?search_term=%s
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Twitter:
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http://twitter.com/search?q=%s
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Facebook:
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https://www.facebook.com/search/str/%s/users-named
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Pinterest:
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http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=%s
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Google Images:
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https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=%s
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