Google Search Engine

[sudo-nautilus]

This may be 'crazy' but I need google as my search engine
plus autosuggestions aren't working properly

[tangalbert919]

You can try going to their website and using their search engine from there.

[sudo-nautilus]

I can't do that,
I'm too lazy 😂

[TJ-WEB-EXPLORER]

oh

[Ahrotahn]

You might be able to add it as a custom search engine.

You can get there from settings > manage search engines. Or chrome://settings/searchEngines.
Then add https://google.com/search?q=%s as the URL.

[sudo-nautilus]

http://google.com/search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:prefetchSource}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}

This working for me, anyway

[sudo-nautilus]

Thank you for replying.
That things works except one thing - search autosuggestions

[sudo-nautilus]

Suggestions URL with %s in place of query
- What to do with that, I guess it is the thing which triggers search autosuggestions

[sudo-nautilus]

To get Google Search Engine, Do the Following:

• Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
• Click Add Button near Other search engines
• Add Google In Search Engine input box
• Add google.com in Keyword input box
• Add https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:prefetchSource}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding} in URL with %s in place of query input box
• Add https://www.google.com/complete/search?client=chrome&q=%s in Suggestions URL with %s in place of query input box
• Click The Blue Save Button
• Click the three dot menu near Google and select Make default

Here's a brief screenshot of the final result :

[Moon1moon]

notsidney

did you find any solution? As you said search suggestions don’t appear in the omnibox.

[notsidney]

No, it still only shows suggestions from my history, and not Google search suggestions.

[Moon1moon]

No, it still only shows suggestions from my history, and not Google search suggestions.

I found today.

1. Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines

If you have old search engine related google, delete it before the these settings.

2. Find Other search engines and click to Add button

3. Fill form like this:

   Search engine:
   Google
   Keyword:
   Google.com
   URL with %s in place of query:
   https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
   Suggestions URL with %s in place of query:
   https://www.google.com/complete/search?client=chrome&q=%s

4. Click save button,

5. Click the three dot menu near Google and select Make default

6. Go to chrome://settings/syncSetup

7. Enable the Autocomplete searches and URLs option

Now you can use search suggestions.

[notsidney]

6. Go to chrome://settings/syncSetup
7. Enable the Autocomplete searches and URLs option

This was what I was missing! Thanks.

[seanbethard]

I use

nlgoogle
nlgoogle
https://www.google.nl/search?q=%s
https://www.google.nl/complete/search?client=chrome&q=%s

so Google doesn't bend me over and CAPTCHA me.

[faelana]

i have a problem with this, when i do a search other strings are included in the url, one shows a past search that i made and all the others look to be encoded. is there a way to make this any better?
@sudo-nautilus @Ahrotahn

[Ahrotahn]

Do you mean that they show up as suggestions, or that it's on the same line you're inputting text on?

If it's the former, then you might be interested in the "Omnibox Autocomplete Filtering" flag. You can find that in chrome://flags or use the switch documented on docs/flags.md.

[faelana]

@Ahrotahn i have suggestions disabled, i mean on the url after searching it.

[networkException]

Instead of including all the tracking parameters Google uses you can also just use https://google.com/search?q=%s

[faelana]

Instead of including all the tracking parameters Google uses you can also just use https://google.com/search?q=%s

@networkException i tried that but it seems to always ignore it and input the tracking parameters..

[faelana]

Okay, i just fixed it.
To remove the tracking parameters do the following while using google as a search engine:
1º - First remove the alredy generated google entry. (editing doesnt work, it overwrites https://google.com/search?q=%s with the tracking parameters.)
2º - Use the "Add" button to create a new search engine. I setup mine like this:
Search Engine: Google
Keyword: google.com
URL with %s in place of query: https://google.com/search?q=%s
After that it will work as expected without the tracking parameters.

[Zerogoki00]

@sudo-nautilus I opened search engine settings but there is no "Other search engines". There are only "Search engines" , "Site search", "Inactive shortcuts". What should I do?

[networkException]

I think that has merely been renamed to "Site search"

[Zerogoki00]

yes, thanks

[leros1337]

Still cant add search engine and make it default. No button, site search != search engine

[ContactRecipient]

having the same issue. still unable to set google as my default search engine, let alone adding a custom search engine. The "Add" button is simply not there.

[networkException]

First of all you should update, that version is highly outdated and vulnerable. Then I also meant what platform, where you go the binary from, etc. I don't have any issues on archlinux which means this is unlikely an issue with the patchset but rather with packaging

[ContactRecipient]

im on windows. just switched to version 111.0.5563.65 and the issue persists.

[leros1337]

110.0.5481.100 (Official Build, ungoogled-chromium) - macos installed via brew

[networkException]

@ContactRecipient are you on a managed install by any chance? I'm on a (pretty much) fresh install of 111.0.5563.65 on Windows and cannot reproduce the issue.

As for macOS I don't have an install of that at hand directly right now, could you (both perhaps) check if using an empty profile helps?

[dsvi]

You only have Add button in the site search section. Not at search engines

[simondemeule]

I encountered the same issue today on macOS, on both an older version and on 110.0.5481.177 (the most recent version available through brew at the moment).

After trying out things semi-randomly, I've found a solution. The UI is just very confusing. You need to first add an entry to "Site search" with a temporary shortcut, then click the dotted icon, and promote it to default using the dropdown menu that pops up. The entry is then moved to "Search engines" section.

Maybe change the UI so there is also an "Add" button on the "Search engines" section? The fact there is an "Add" button on the "Site search" section but not on the "Search engines" section, and the fact that UI element that provides this feature is hidden implicitly tells the user that search engines cannot be added. This seems to have confused enough people over the past two years for a dozen tech-literate people to care enough to show up here and puzzle over this.

[leros1337]

worked for me!

1. google
2. google.nl (somewhat .com not allowed, use any other)
3. https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
4. https://www.google.com/complete/search?client=chrome&q=%s

add > 3 dot > make default > go back to main left bar > click search > change to google