How to make Google the default search in Google Chrome. Getting started with Google Chrome - download and installation Install the Google system
Hello Friends! Today we will try to cover the topic of effective search in Google. Today, almost everyone starts their activity on the Internet by entering a search query into the browser line. Many people also know that you can enter a bunch of different operators into the search bar to increase the search efficiency. Many people know, but not many use it. So I was too lazy to deal with the nuances. But searching the Internet is something we use every day. It is almost impossible to replace. This is what you need to know and what you need to be able to use. That's why I'm writing a post - how to search on google.
Before diving into the search, you need to talk a little about search engines. The latter consist of robots that walk around websites and index them. All indexed information goes into the database (index). There it is sorted by various parameters, which you can specify in a search query or set in an advanced search.
The moment you click on the Search button, the search engine scans its database and selects options that match your request. That is, Google, like Yandex, does not search the entire Internet, but makes a selection from its database.
It follows that if we cannot find something, then: either we enter the wrong search query, or the search engine has not yet indexed the page we need, or it does not exist at all. In any case, if we cannot find information in one search engine, we try another. Perhaps the page you need is indexed there.
This probably happens when you add a directory on your hard drive to the index of the Windows operating system, also for quick search.
Working with Google search results
Let's start understanding search from the end. That is, from search results. After we asked our question to Google and clicked Search, we will see approximately the following picture
The first page displays 10 results by default. Each contains a header that most likely contains our request. There is also a link to the site where we will find ourselves if we click on the title and short description, announcement or snippet of the page. Based on this description, we can estimate what awaits us without going to the page.
Saved copy - opens a copy of the site page saved on Google servers (in the database). This function will come in handy if this site is temporarily unavailable for some reason.
Similar - Google will find the content that is as close as possible to this page. The function helps when you are almost satisfied with the result and need similar pages or documents.
At the bottom of the search results there is a section Together with (your search query) often searched for. These are links to search results close to your query. It’s also worth paying attention to. Perhaps there will be a more precisely formulated request there
Tabs
In the Google search engine, as in Yandex, the search is carried out in several sections at once. The main ones are Search through text documents (articles like this), pictures, videos, etc.
To view the results for a specific section, you need to go to the appropriate tab. They are located below the search query entry line. By default we are on the Search tab. We also have access to Pictures, Maps and the More button by clicking on which we get access to additional tabs for sorting information
That is, if we need, for example, forums where cucumber salads are discussed, then it makes sense to select the Discussions tab.
Google Search Tools
Next to the More button, there is a Search Tools button that opens a panel below with additional sorting options. Moreover, for different search queries there will be various additional menus. For the request “cucumber salad” there are only three of them, and for the request “select processor” there are significantly more of them
They are easy to use. Expand the desired menu and check the box to filter the results by a specific parameter. For example, you need reviews of motherboards with the H87 chipset indexed no later than a month in advance. Select this filter in the search tools.
If you need information for a certain period of time, then select For the period... and in the window that opens, select the required time interval
Another useful function or sort is Exact Match. Useful when it is important to keep exactly this word form in the found documents
Thus, using Search Tools you can significantly reduce the amount of time required to find the necessary information on the Internet.
Operators
These are those scary symbols that can greatly improve the efficiency of Google searches. In this section we will look at some of them.
Excluding words from search results. To do this, use the minus sign “-” without a space on the right. For example. If we need to find reviews of motherboards excluding Biostar models, then the request can be formulated as follows
motherboard review -Biostar
Search by exact phrase. To do this, use the quote operator "". Helps if you need to find a quote, a specific song or book.
“I love thunderstorms in early May”
If the citation is not exact, the search will be the same.
Search with forgotten words. If you don’t remember the entire quote, the asterisk operator “*” can help.
“I love the thunderstorm at the beginning *”
Search a single site or domain. An excellent option when the desired site does not have a search or it does not work properly.
Finding similar pages or documents. The "related:" operator is used. You can use it to find sites similar to Intel.com. They will also be related to electronics or technology.
related:www.intel.com
Search by part of an address. It helps if you remember part of the site address.
inurl:you*.ru
Search for any of the listed words. The "OR" operator is used for this purpose.
choosing a case OR video card
Based on the above request, pages will be found where either the choice of case or the choice of video card will be considered. I tried to write this operator in small letters, the result seems to be the same.
Search for links. This query is probably used most by optimizers. The link operator is used: with which all links to a specific site are found
link:website
Search by range of numeric values. Somehow it’s not very easy to search by range.
computer price 5000..7000 UAH
You can also search with a range limit on one side
computer price 7000.. UAH
Finding the meaning of a word. To do this, use the define: operator. In most cases, Google will show the definition of the requested word right at the top of the search results. For example
Search by file type. If you need to find documents in specific formats, the filetype: operator will help you. For example in PDF or ZIP
Here are the most common operators that you can and should use. You can also read about them at https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=ru&rd=1
Google Advanced Search
In this article, we have not covered all of the Google search functions. We missed voice search and image search. Anyone interested in this will have to do a little googling.
Quite often I have to deal with this problem when, after downloading a program, an extension is loaded into google chrome that changes search engine, the default one.
Most often, it changes to a search engine from, which I recently wrote about registering with and which I’m not very familiar with; I’m more used to search engines from Google and Yandex.
If you have also encountered such a problem, then here you can find out how to set up default search engines in Google Chrome.
Launch the browser, open the menu and select the “settings” section, find the “search” item and click on the “configure search engines” button.
Here, hover your mouse over the search engine you need and click “use as default”. If suddenly the search engine you need is not on this list, then don’t worry, you can add it.
To do this, in the fields from the “other search engines” section located just below, enter information about the search engine that you want to add.
- In the first field, enter the name of the search engine, for example: google;
- In the second, specify how the search name should be displayed, example: google.com;
- And in the third enter URL of that search engine, which you need, another example: https://www.google.ru;
And after that you can click the “done” button.
This is the procedure search engine settings can be considered completed. Now your browser's default search engine will be the one you added. In addition to Google search, you can add many others, such as Yandex, Bing or Rambler.
Also in the settings, you can ensure that any links open in the browser of your choice. And finally, I hope you will be interested in reading about that with one click.
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Google Chrome allows you to Internet search directly from the address bar at the top of the browser window (also called the "universal search box"). If you enter search terms here, it will automatically display search results from a search engine such as Google.
You can specify the search engine that the address bar will use by default.
Default search engine settings
Google Chrome's default address bar uses Google search to display search results, but you can use another search engine:
If the search engine you want is not listed, follow these steps to add it as a new search engine.
Adding, changing and removing search engines
The Google Chrome browser automatically saves a list of search engines encountered while browsing. For example, if you visit the page https://www.youtube.com, the browser will automatically detect and add the YouTube search engine to the list of search engines that you can use. Therefore, you will be able to search YouTube directly from the address bar without even going to that site.
To manually add, edit or delete search engines in your browser, do the following:
Learn more about search engine settings
Below are some tips on the information you need to provide for each search engine.
- Adding a new search engine. Enter a tag for the search engine.
- Keyword. Enter the text combination you want to use for this search engine. To quickly access this search engine in the address bar, use a keyword.
- URL. Enter the search engine address.
To find the corresponding web address, follow these steps:
- Open the search engine you want to add.
- Perform a search.
- Copy and paste the web address of the search results page into the URL field. Remember that the search results page URL is different from the website URL. For example, you access Google at http://www.google.com, but you need to add the URL of the search results page, for example, http://www.google.com/search?q=XYZ, if you searched for "xyz".
- Replace the search term in the URL with %s . For example, for the Google search engine, the final search engine URL would be http://www.google.com/search?q=%s . When you enter a search term in the address bar, %s will be automatically replaced with your search term.
Make sure you include %s in the URL. Otherwise you will not be able to configure this search engine as default search engine.
Search and browse the Internet faster using the function Google Chrome instant search to get dynamic search results from the address bar at the top of your browser window. If you don't see the results you're looking for, simply refine your search terms and the results will dynamically update.
Turn Instant Search on or off
These guidelines apply to using Google Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome.
Using Instant Search
- Start typing in the address bar. Enter your search terms into the address bar.
- View search results in the window. When you type in the menu below the address bar, web browsing and search history pages that match the text you type are displayed. If you use the address bar search suggestion service, popular sites and search terms similar to the text you enter will also be displayed.
When Instant search feature enabled, the browser automatically loads the first match in the window.
- If it is a search term, results from the default search engine are displayed.
If you turned off Instant Search, matches are inserted in the address bar in gray text. However, if you have enabled Instant Search– this match will be automatically inserted into the address bar and highlighted in blue. If you want to see the results for the text you entered without this match, you can erase the highlighted insert using the BackSpace key or select the correct option from the fill list.
Dynamic results are not shown
There are several reasons why dynamic results may not be displayed even if enabled. instant search function.
- Connection speed: If your network or internet connection speed is slow, dynamic results are not displayed to ensure the fastest possible web browsing and searching experience.
- Specific search queries: Certain types of queries that may not be eligible will not result in automatic results being displayed.
- Anonymous windows: Instant search function is not available in this mode.
The default search for Google Chrome is, naturally, the Google search engine. Everything is obvious: the developers decided to add their “brainchild” to Google Chrome. How to change this search engine in the browser, change its geolocation, as well as how to take advantage of its unique capabilities and install additional search engines, read in detail in this article.
So, how to set up a search bar: from simple to complex.
After installation, launch Chrome and see...
Nothing more than a field for entering a query in the legendary Google. Under its logo is the name of the country corresponding to the geographical area of the computer's IP address. If you use a proxy server, the country in which it is physically located (for example, Turkey) will appear in the picture, and in its native language. And if the IP is “open”, your country will be displayed. That is, when the browser starts, the user’s geolocation is determined automatically.
Look at the panel. Are you satisfied with everything? Search engine, its location? No problem - feel free to enter any query in Russian in the field above the visual bookmarks or in the address bar (the browser will quickly realize that you are not typing a URL, but are looking for something). By the way, the service is provided free of charge.
Changing the geolocation of the search engine
For example, you are somewhere abroad or using a proxy, and Chrome regularly gives you the geographical zone to which the IP belongs, for example, England. And you are fundamentally interested in extradition in Russia or Ukraine. What should I do? Let's create the appropriate settings:
1. Click the "Menu" button in the top right panel.
2. Select “Settings” from the list.
3. In the “Open at startup” block, enable the “Specified pages” button.
4. On the same page, click “Add”.
- google.ru - Russia;
- google.com.ua - Ukraine;
- google.kz - Kazakhstan.
6. Click OK.
7. Restart Chrome and you will see the search engine in the desired location.
I don't want Google, I want something else
If you like Google Chrome in all its “guises”, but want a different search engine, you need to change certain options:
1. In the settings, in the “Search” block, click “Configure search engines”.
2. In the “Other search engines...” block, enter the details of the search engine you are interested in (for example, Yandex). Click "Done."
3. Restart.
4. Return to this panel. At the top of the window, hover over the search engine link. Click the “Set as Default” button that appears.
Now, when you enter a request, it will be automatically sent to the specified system - yandex.ru, mail.ru, etc.
Note. You can quickly switch search engines using the Search drop-down menu.
I want to use several search engines at the same time
Well, this is also possible in Chrome. Follow the instructions:
1. Log in to your browser settings.
2. Click the mouse to make the “Specified pages...” setting active. Follow the "Add" link.
3. Add all the necessary systems (Mail, Yahoo!, etc.). Click OK.
4. They will open automatically.
Another option for running multiple search services is to fix tabs:
open the necessary resources;
Click on each tab and select the “Pin…” command in the context menu;
They will also open immediately upon startup.
Advice! You can also use universal search engines if you require alternative results for a query of interest.
How to remove an unnecessary search engine?
This procedure is similar in principle to closing a window in Windows:
1. To remove a link, open Pages on Startup.
2. Hover over the URL and click the cross icon.
Similarly, deletion occurs in the “Search Engines” panel.
How can I change my search settings?
Google has many additional settings that speed up searches and increase their accuracy. Let's look at the basic solutions:
1. When you type a query, variants with additional words and phrases automatically appear at the bottom of the field. They clarify the query and free the user from having to type it in full.
Hints are selected by clicking the mouse. In Chrome, you can set a picture or photo in the search as a query. Right-click on it on the page and select “Find picture...” from the list of commands.
4. Use search add-ons. The entire list of commands is displayed on the page - http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html.
They perform specialized data searches based on specified conditions. For example, they find a request only in links, anchors, text, tab title, etc.
We wish you to quickly find all the necessary information using Chrome.