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How to Change Browsers Default Search Engine In Firefox

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Date 22/2/2013
In your web browser a default search engine is set by the browser provider.In case of Mozilla Firefox this default web search engine is set Google,But if you would like to set other default search engine other than Google then follow this. 

Find the search query URL for your desired search engine. The easiest way to find this is to visit your favorite search engine and make a search. Copy the URL address, remove the unnecessary bits (that aren't related to your search), so that the query will be the last thing added to the address (don't include the search terms, these are appended by Firefox). Copy this address.Here's some popular search engines search query web URL following are.

  • For Google, http://www.google.com/search?q=
  • For Yahoo!, http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
  • For Bing, http://www.bing.com/search?q=
  • For Ask.com, http://www.ask.com/web?q=
Now Navigate to Firefox's preferences editor. To do this, type "about:config" into the address bar and hit Enter. You will be warned about the cautions of editing Firefox settings manually. Continue by pressing "I'll be careful, I promise" see the image below.

After that on the search bar now search for Search for "keyword.URL" in the search area. A single result should appear with this name. See image



   Right click on the result. Then, click Modify. Paste your new address in the dialog that is shown, so that it replaces the previous one. Then, click OK. Your default search engine has changed, you can test it by typing something in the address bar and pressing Enter. 


   
 Now go to your browsers address bar and type URL address or type a word if you don't remember the actual web address.The type word on the address bar became a searh query in your default search engine set by you.

 Tip:If you want to change the default search in the search engine textbox on the right, search for "browser.search.defaultenginename" in the search area. Change this to the search engine you want exactly as shown in the search menu (click the icon next to the search box to see the menu).


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