Browsers are surely your window to the web. Especially in combination with search engines, so you may even not notice the difference between going directly to the website or using a search. Surely, Google is the world’s most popular search engine and in browsers like Google Chrome — it’s the default one.
However, there may be other search engines added to your browsers. So, in order not to clutter up your Google Chrome with unnecessary information, you can remove them.
How to delete search engines from Google Chrome
By default, several search engines will be available in your Google Chrome browser. It is quite easy to remove them, you can use the corresponding menu in the settings of your browser. To do this you need to:
- On the Google Chrome home page, click on the three dots in the top right corner.
- Next, in the drop-down list, select Settings.
- This is where you need to open the side menu and select Search Engine.
- Now click on Manage search engines and site search.
- Here you will see all the search engines available to you, to remove the unnecessary click on the three dots next to it and select Delete.
Usually, you can have from 1 to 3 regional search engines and the standard set, such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo. You can remove any of them or add a new one. You can also make it the default search engine from the drop-down menu next to the Delete button.
How to add search engine to your Google Chrome browser
In case you want to add another search engine, it’s also easy to do. Firstly, follow the steps described above.
Once you get to the Manage search engines and site search menu, you need to scroll down and find the Add button. Once you click on it, you will see a pop-up menu appear in front of you. You need to fill in the following parameters:
Search engine – search engine name.
Shortcut – the address of the search engine in the network.
URL with %s in place of query – the address of the query “%s” in this search engine.
After that click Save and you can add the search engine to the skip list of your built-in search engines. You can switch between them at any time from this menu.
What is a search engine and why it’s so important
In fact, the search engine is probably one of the most important elements of the Internet today. There is already so much data collected on the Internet that it would be impossible for fresh sites to get visitors without access to search engines.
So, search engines use keywords and queries to look for a site with the information you need. There are many different services to search for information on the web, but by far the best of them is Google.
Google is the most popular and most used search engine in the world. I think all of them know this fact. It’s used by more than 90% of users. In addition to the search engine itself, Google also has several other convenient functions and services, such as Google Docs and Google Photos.
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What is the best search engine?
If you’re wondering what is the best search engine at the moment, the answer is clear – it’s Google. As I said above, Google is used by more than 90% of people around the world. Also, a lot of websites are created with an aim of the best Google Search performance.
So, the salt is that thousands of websites are aimed at Google algorithms. Sometimes that is great, as it helps us to find the right content. But sometimes that turns text into a scripted one and not so good to read. That’s why Google is fighting with so-called SEO or search engine optimization. Cause the content should be written for people, not for algorithms.
Of course, there are several other search engines, but they enjoy little popularity compared to Google. However, in some countries, they are even more popular than Google. For example, the search engine Yandex in Russia is used by more than 55% of users. If we bring the five most popular search engines in the world, the rating in percentage will look like this:
As you can see the gap with Google is very big. So, it’s unlikely that in the near future we will see a new search engine, which will compete with Google face-to-face. It’s not just that when people don’t know something they say just “Google it”.
