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By George Norman

Added on 13 Nov 2009(1024 Views)

In a previous article we’ve shown you how to change the default search engine the Chrome browser uses. The Google developed browser let’s you seamlessly search for stuff online – all you have to do is type in your search query in the address bar and Chrome will display a list of results. These results are based on the search engine Chrome uses as default – that’s why we’ve shown you how to change it. But what we’re going to show you now may render the How To Change the Default Search Engine in Chrome tutorial useless.

Chrome already knows that Yahoo!, Bing, AOL and ASK are search engines. On top of this info Chrome is capable of adding stuff it learns over time. Let’s say for example that you visit Wolfram Alpha; Chrome will detect that it is a search engine (technically it's a computational knowledge engine) and will add it to the list. This means you will easily be able to search Wolfram Alpha by typing in a query in the address bar.

Here is what you have to do to access search engines in through the Chrome Address Bar. We’ll use Wolfram Alpha as an example.

Step 1. First of all launch the Chrome browser and visit Wolfram Alpha.
If you click the wrench menu -> Options -> Manage (next to Default search) you will notice that Wolfram Alpha is now listed under Other search engines.

Step 2. In the address bar type in wolframalpha.com -> the message Press TAB to search wolfram alpha will appear. So press Tab.




Step 3. now type in the search query of your choice and press Enter. You will be directed to Wolfram Alpha and the results of your search will be displayed.




Tips and warnings

• After you visit Wolfram Alpha a few times, you won’t have to type in wolframalpha.com in the search bar. I've only visited the site a couple of times and now I need only type in wol and Chrome realizes I want to go to Wolfram Alpha. So I just type in wol -> press Tab -> type in a search query, press Enter and presto, instant search on Wolfram Alpha.
• You can try this with other search engines. I’ve used Wolfram Alpha as an example.

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