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Google Chrome automatically saves a list of the search engines you've encountered while browsing the Web. For example, if you visit http://www.youtube.com, the browser auto-detects and adds the YouTube search engine to your list of search engines that you can access from the address bar.

Add, edit, or remove search engines

Follow these steps (for Windows):

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Click the Basics tab.
4. Click Manage in the "Default search" section.

Use the buttons in the dialog to manage the search engines in the list. You'll need to provide the following information for each search engine:

• Name: Nickname for the search engine.
• Keyword (optional): Fill out this field if you want to create a text shortcut for the search engine. Learn more about keyword searches below.
• URL: Type the web address for the search engine into this field. See instructions on finding this URL
  1. Go to the search engine you want to add as a search engine option and do a search.
  2. Copy and paste the URL of the search results page into the URL field. Keep in mind that the URL for the search results page is slightly different from the website URL. For example, while you'd go to http://www.google.com to access Google, the URL you'll add here is from the search results page, http://www.google.com/search?q=X (assuming you did a search for X).
  3. Replace the search term in the URL with %s. When you type a search in the address bar, your search term will automatically be inserted in place of %s. In the example above, you'd replace X with %s.

How to access search engines

• Tab to search
  Start typing the web address of the site you want to search in the address bar. If Google Chrome has a record of the site's search engine, it automatically offers you the option to search that site. Press Tab to choose the search engine, type your search term, then press Enter to see search results from the site.

  

• Keyword search
  For search engines with defined keywords, type the keyword in the address bar. Select the search engine from the menu, type your search term, then press Enter.

See other ways to search in Google Chrome.