Search any website from Google Chrome’s address bar directly

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If you have Google Chrome, you need not use any search tool, gadget, for searching any particular website.

Once you search any site manually (Going to the site, giving the keyword in the search bar of the site), the next time you can directly search that site from Chrome’s address bar itself.

How to try this ?

I have searched Wikipedia for any query through Google Chrome atleast once.
When I did this, Google Chrome automatically identifies the query variable (“search=” and any hidden variable “language=en”) for this site (Wikipedia), and also the search form action page (http://www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php)

This helps me, for the next time I want to search Wikipedia.org, through Google’s Chrome browser.

Say, I want to search Wikipedia for “A.R.Rahman”.

1. I am opening Google Chrome, and start typing “wiki”, Chrome suggests wikipedia.org.

And also gives me a short cut to search wikipedia.org (Press tab to search Wikipedia.org)

Google Chrome search 1

2. When I press tab key, it asks for search string,

Google Chrome search 2

3. I type “A.R. Rahman” in it, and hit enter

Google Chrome search 3

4. Chrome now forms the url “http://www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search=A.R.Rahman&language=en” , which directs us to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.R.Rahman

Google Chrome search 4

Try it yourself and let me know how do you feel.

  • Flamey

    When I hit tab, whatever I do it just gives focus to the first element in the page.

  • Karthik

    @Flamey, only when chrome asks you for "Press tab to search [examplesite.com]" , press the tab for searching, otherwise it will focus the next element of the web page.

  • TheCuriosity

    So.. how did you GET chrome to ask you to "Press tab to search"..? When I type in wiki, that tab thingy doesn't happen; I just get the same issue as flamey.

  • Karthik

    @TheCuriosity, Go to Wikipedia once and search it from the text box provided in the wikipedia site once. Then for the second time, when you type wikipedia in the address bar, you would see the message "Press tab to search Wikipedia".

    • http://www.am3n.net Amin Yuliastanto

      you should inform this on your before showing search wikipedia.org directly from chrome.

      anyway thank you for your information

  • Ericsson k850i

    I was just stumbling, just found stumbleupon and found your site. That's a really nice feature that I didn't know about. Gonna start using now just to see how effective it is.

  • meh

    This blog has far too many add-ins and side boxes that are irrelevant to the actual content (networked blogs, facebook, twitter, recommendations, google wave, etc.). It took 30 sec to 1 min to load on my netbook. Unacceptable.

  • Karthik

    I have removed lots of Javascripts. Is it OK now?

  • Krevbot

    Don’t know if you guys figured this out or not, but if you go into your chrome settings and search for “search” (so ironic, I know) there is a setting called “Manage Search Engines.” A box pops up with your defaults and other search engines. From there it should be straight forward on setting it up for any site. Hope this helps!