Choosing and Using a Search Engine

The search engine you choose to use for Chromium affects the search results you get when you type keywords into the Omnibox.

To select the search engine you'd like to use, do the following:

1. Click on the Wrench icon and select Options (Windows OS) or Preferences (Mac and Linux OSs).
2. Under the Basics tab, in the Search section, the left button displays your current Chromium search engine. Click on this button to view the other default search engines, and to select the one you'd like to use.

   

Adding search engines to Chromium

If you'd like to use additional search engines that are not included in Chromium, do the following:

1. Click on the Wrench icon and select Options (Windows OS) or Preferences (Mac and Linux OSs).
2. Under the Basics tab, in the Search section, click on the Manage Search Engines button.
3. In the Other search engines section, type the name of the new search engine that you'd like to use in the field on the left, its associated keyword in the centre field, and its URL in the field on the right.

   To find the URL of the search engine you'd like to use, do a search on the web page of that search engine. At the search results page, copy the URL of the web page, and replace the query keywords in the URL with %s.

4. After entering in the information for the new search engine, highlight it and click on Make Default to use it in the Chromium Omnibox.

   

Enabling Instant

If you'd like to speed up your web browsing and searches, click on the box beside Enable Instant for faster searching and browsing in the Search section. Not only does Chromium guess which web page you'd like to visit while you type keywords or an URL into the Omnibox, it also loads that web page before you finish typing.