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
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
Github	gh	https://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
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
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