Firefox: Change Address Bar Search Provider

Posted on Nov 29, 2007 under Firefox Tips | 3 Comments

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 Ask. 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=

Google: http://www.google.com/search?&q=

ChaCha: http://search.chacha.com/search/query?searchwithguide=0&query=
Firefox Keyword URL

3 Comments so far »

by you arias, on November 25 2008 @ 2:53 am

thanks for this men,its a big help,,,,
by Joseph, on January 18 2009 @ 11:37 am

Thank you very much: simple, precise and condensed!
by Bee, on March 2 2009 @ 7:00 pm

Thanks! I accidentally keep changing my setting when I install new programs and it always changes it and I didn’t know how to fix it. THANK YOU!

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