When Firefox performs a search from the Address Bar, it queries the search engine string you have setup within Firefox. If it’s using Yahoo, you can switch to Google. Don’t like Google? Use DuckDuckGo. Here’s how to switch which search engine Firefox searches when you use the address bar to search.
1. In Firefox type about:config in the address bar and press ENTER.
2. Locate and double-click the entry for keyword.URL
3. Set the value based on which search provider you would like to use for your address bar searches. Here are a few search strings you can use.
Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q=
Bing: http://www.bing.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
DuckDuckGo: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=
Google: http://www.google.com/search?&q=
ChaCha: http://www.chacha.com/search/
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Perfect changed to Google using your URL THANKS!
It worked for me ONLY if I do:
After you typed: about:config
In the search box type “bing”
Modify EVERYONE with:
http ://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
And it works – SO HAPPY
Thanks!
Is the ‘ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient’ at all useful in the bing address?
I’m using ‘http://www.bing.com/search?tbs=qdr&q=’ and it works great.
AFIK, Bing is the only engine that will still interpret your search terms exactly as you wrote them — include ‘+’ before the first word without a space in between. The use of quotes and ‘+’ stopped working all the time with Google and drove me away.
Address bar search got hijacked by Yahoo, trick didn’t work even after restart (ff23beta).
AWESOME, THANK YOU!
It works for me, thanks.
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