Forcing Google Chrome to use google.com

Here’s the scenario. You don’t live in the good old U.S.A., but you do want Google Chrome to use: google.com for your searches.

The solution

• Open Google Chrome
• Click the wrench icon (top right hand corner)
• Click Options
• Click Basics (left hand column)
• Click Manage Search Engines
• In Other search engines add the following (there are 3 fields)
  Field 1 – Add a new search engine: Google USA
  Field 2 – Keyword: google.com
  Field 3 – URL with %s in place of query:
http://www.google.com/search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s
  ***Note – Make sure this is pasted without any spaces or line breaks
• Click Enter to save the URL
• With the mouse, hover over the new entry that you’ve just created and click on the Make default button

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4 Comments

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  Martin 15th of June 2013 at 9:48 am

  Your solution doesn’t work with my chrome (Version 27.0.1453.110 m). When I add a search engine, it doesn’t allow it to be set as default – that is when hovering the mouse over the new entry, it doesn’t give me the option “make dafault” like it does with the other search engines that came with Chrome.

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  Cathi 18th of January 2014 at 2:35 pm

  You have just saved my sanity. I thank you soooo much (does bowing and curtseying). I had, due to being taken over by Bing last night, deleted all search engines to the point where I had made (you will laugh) Pinterest my search engine by accident and it wouldn’t let me delete it! Now, sanity is restored I can stop scrunching up my toes and growling at my laptop! Thank you again.

  Cathi x

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  mark 11th of June 2014 at 12:37 pm

  I was trying to fix this myself BUT the URL for Chrome should be as follows (copied from the default google.com, I am in UK so wanted to search google.co.uk

  http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:bookmarkBarPinned}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter}{google:omniboxStartMarginParameter}ie={inputEncoding}

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  • 
    LordLanky 10th of May 2015 at 10:52 am

    Thank you… This worked a treat for the UK version.

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