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WHY CAN I NOT EDIT THE DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE USED BY THE ADDRESS BAR (NOT THE SEARCH BAR NEXT TO IT) FROM BING TO GOOGLE?

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EzioAuditore
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I am asking this question again, because upon checking the forum for a solution I was shocked and appalled by the severe lack of grammar, punctuation and spelling I encountered while reading answers to this question. Obviously several people where to busy to actually read the question being asked and simply answered with instructions on how to change the default search engine for the search bar. SO, here I am asking the same question, why? because it still has not been answered and I myself still CANNOT find this setting anywhere. I use multiple browsers for different tasks, Chrome is KICKING the .... out of you guys Mozilla, why did you ever let your self get taken in by Micro-crack (Microsoft), if I recall correctly the inception of this program was partly motivated by the need for an alternative to the idiosyncrasies and vulnerability of Microsoft Internet Explore. This really feels like a HUGE step backwards, I would love to see a return to the days when Mozilla Firefox was and inspiration to developers and techs everywhere. And please will someone just answer the right question this time. Trust me when I say it will be obvious who does and does not read this in it's entirety.

Edited by a moderator due to language. See the Rules & Guidelines .

I am asking this question again, because upon checking the forum for a solution I was shocked and appalled by the severe lack of grammar, punctuation and spelling I encountered while reading answers to this question. Obviously several people where to busy to actually read the question being asked and simply answered with instructions on how to change the default search engine for the search bar. SO, here I am asking the same question, why? because it still has not been answered and I myself still CANNOT find this setting anywhere. I use multiple browsers for different tasks, Chrome is KICKING the .... out of you guys Mozilla, why did you ever let your self get taken in by Micro-crack (Microsoft), if I recall correctly the inception of this program was partly motivated by the need for an alternative to the idiosyncrasies and vulnerability of Microsoft Internet Explore. This really feels like a HUGE step backwards, I would love to see a return to the days when Mozilla Firefox was and inspiration to developers and techs everywhere. And please will someone just answer the right question this time. Trust me when I say it will be obvious who does and does not read this in it's entirety. ''Edited by a moderator due to language. See the [http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Forum+and+chat+rules+and+guidelines Rules & Guidelines] .''

Modified by the-edmeister

Chosen solution

  • Go to About:config
  • Search for keyword.URL
  • Double click the Value entry field, and change it to the search engine you prefer. Some examples:

DuckDuckGo – https://duckduckgo.com/?q=

Yahoo! – http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=

Ask – http://www.ask.com/web?q=

Bing – http://www.bing.com/search?q=

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Bram Pitoyo
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Chosen Solution

  • Go to About:config
  • Search for keyword.URL
  • Double click the Value entry field, and change it to the search engine you prefer. Some examples:

DuckDuckGo – https://duckduckgo.com/?q=

Yahoo! – http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=

Ask – http://www.ask.com/web?q=

Bing – http://www.bing.com/search?q=

Modified by Bram Pitoyo

EzioAuditore
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Ok, thanks for the answer but you FAILED to notice that I'm trying to get Google to perform the search. Is there a URL for Google search that will cause Firefox to execute the search properly. I have changed the value of keyword.URL to "http://www.google.com/webhp?hl" sadly this causes Firefox to open the Google home page. The thing that's not making sense is the URL when Google loads, it looks like an incomplete very short version of the URL from searching from Google's home page. I'm going to experiment with some parts of the URL from a completed Google search page. If you do know the URL for Google please post it. Thank you for your time and assistance with this matter.

EzioAuditore
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HAHA! I have solved it! Ok here is the URL for Google, as mentioned above by bram: 

 "Go to About:config
   Search for keyword.URL
   Double click the Value entry field, and change it to the search engine you prefer"

Enter this URL for the string value

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=

cor-el
cor-el
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You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".