| Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Hunnie | 11/4/08 4:51 AM | I'm English but resident in France. When I use the url bar to type in my search terms I am redirected to http://google.fr and I would prefer http://google.co.uk or at least http://google.com I have tried the instructions here: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/a |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Evil Pete | 3/6/09 6:27 AM | I too suffer from a similar problem here. I have Chrome installed at work in the UK, but our internet connection is registered in Belgium so when I type a search into the Omnibar, the results come from http://google.be, which is most unhelpful. I too, tried |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Andrew.Osman | 3/6/09 9:33 AM | look at the answer for this question: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=42de40a92681bbc3&hl=en |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Hunnie | 3/6/09 11:33 AM | Andrew - thanks but that link doesn't answer the question. The default chrome home page has two search boxes to the right of the most visited sites. The link you gave changes the defaut google search for the google quick search box. What Evil Pete |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Evil Pete | 3/9/09 2:46 AM | OK, although I couldn't get it to default to the UK (so no chance of UK-specific search results), I did get it to default to the global site in English. The trick was based on the instructions here: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer. |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | chromestory | 3/9/09 4:03 AM | here is an article explaining how to do this : http://chromestory.com/2009/03/how-to-change-default-search-engine-on-google-chrome/ |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | randompherret | 3/9/09 8:30 AM | chromestory: that wont fix what language the Google search is in. in your search manager make a new one and give it a name and keyword and use this url: http://www.google.co.uk/search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSug |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | chromestory | 3/9/09 8:32 AM | I didn't see that it's about language .. I thought its just the search engine ? |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Hunnie | 3/9/09 9:47 AM | EvilPete - that's it! (well almost) the .com global search is better than the localised (.fr for me) - thanks. As a an aside - does any one know which cookie/cookie content chrome uses to store this preference? |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | oscarthecat | 1/11/10 1:33 AM | thanks RANDOMPHERRET, i was about to stop using chrome! had figured i had to change the url but didn't have a clue what to. don't know how you figured that out. (changed the '.http://co.uk' to '.com' though, and presume you can change that bit as you like). |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | T0mh3lps | 1/21/10 6:43 PM | I finally found the answer! You paste http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Google+Search&meta= in the URL. This guy solved it: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=3773f6e111b0568c&hl=en |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | Volunteer Thailand | 9/13/10 6:01 AM | Thanks randompherret for providing an excellent answer. I can now view Google Chrome default searches in English and at Google again instead of Yahoo! |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | til5 | 9/18/10 12:56 AM | ...just in case somebody still reading this (like me a couple of minutes ago). There is a plugin for Firefox and Chrome, that shows search-results just as you would get in the country you chose. It's pretty awesome and it's free: http://www.redflymar |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | garybradski | 1/5/11 8:43 AM | To back up T0mh3lps, this works: 1 Right click in the Omnibar, select Edit search engines 2 Create a new one with whatever name you want. 3 Give it a unique keyword, again, whatever you want 4 In the URL, paste the link below, replace <REPLACE ME!> |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | user512 | 2/12/11 10:14 PM | There is a complete guide to fixing this issue here: http://301redirects.net/fix-google-chrome-default-search-engine-omnibox.php This will also work with the new Google Chrome Omni Box Instant Search feature. Hope this helps. |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | zojo45 | 4/10/11 2:12 PM | user512's answer works :-) |
| Re: Change default google search engine when using URL bar | stevenroose | 5/19/11 11:17 AM | This should fix the country redirect when searching the omnibox! http://knol.google.com/k/steven-roose/search-google-com-instead-of-country/3vtjkywjm9myu/18 |