Sunday 3 July 2011

Change Default Search Engine to Google in Firefox

We all love Google. When Ever we talk about Internet the biggest thing that comes to mind is Google. And why not Google controls about 75% of total Search in the World. When ever I want to find something on the Internet I trust no other then Google. And with the arrival of Powerful browsers like Firefox 4/5, Google's Chrome it is so easy to find any thing no longer we need to open Google's Homepage to search anything. Just hit up the Address bar and type what you want to search -

However Sometimes It happens that some External Sites affect the internal Settings of Firefox and change default search engine Google to something else. This is really frustrating, they keep you redirecting to their own site and after every search we need to go to Google's Homepage so that we can get the find the right page.
However there is a way to change default search Engine to Google
All You Need to Do is
  1. Open Firefox
  2. In Address Bar Type   about:config
  3. You will see a warning Message Just click - I'll be careful, I Promise
  4. Then At the Top You will see Filter Bar There Type - keyword.URL
  5. And you will see an Entry Below. Double Click it and you will see an input Box
  6. There change its value to -
    http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
  7. That's It. You have done it.
Don't Touch Something You Don't Know


This is How Filter Bar Look, Right at the Top


This is where you need to put in value

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