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Chrome address bar wont search in google.com

keanooo · 2011-11-11 22:33:41

One of my favourite features on the Chrome browser is that you can type a word into the address bar to google it. Since I've moved to Switzerland it keeps googling the word in google.ch instead of google.com. I have looked for a solution to this a million times on the web but it still won't change the search in the address…

11-11-2011 10:33pm

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keanooo

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One of my favourite features on the Chrome browser is that you can type a word into the address bar to google it. Since I've moved to Switzerland it keeps googling the word in google.ch instead of google.com. I have looked for a solution to this a million times on the web but it still won't change the search in the address bar from google.ch. The advice on this link does not work.

Can anyone give me simple, easy-to-follow steps as to how to change this?

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#2 12-11-2011 6:37am

Vargulf

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From here

Right click address bar > Edit search engines > Add an new search engine with the following, "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" > Then click "make default"

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#3 12-11-2011 5:17pm

keanooo

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Vargulf wrote: »

From here

Right click address bar > Edit search engines > Add an new search engine with the following, "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" > Then click "make default"

Worked a treat. Thank you.

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