Tab to Search on Chrome

One of my favorite Chrome features is the ability to search websites directly from the omnibar with the 'tab to search' feature. 

Note: this feature only works if you have Google set as your default web browser. 

Chrome will automatically add this feature to any website it determines to have a search engine. To activate the feature, open a new tab and go to the website. Once you go, if Chrome recognizes it, the next time you go it will automatically add the 'tab to chrome' feature. 

Here is a list of some websites Chrome automatically detects and adds for you (remember you have to go to the website one time for the feature to be activated):

• Facebook
• Google Translate
• Pinterest
• Twitter
• YouTube

I wish this would work for every website, but it currently does not. In some cases you are able to manually add a website to 'manage search engines' with a quick code. Please note, that this trick does not work for every site. 

Steps to manually add a website:

1. In Chrome, go to Settings
2. Click on 'manage search engines'
3. Add information in all three fields
• Box 1: Name of the website (ex: Google Drive)
• Box 2: type in the keyword you use in the omnibar to activate the feature (ex: drive)
• Box 3: In some cases, simple add ?s=%s after the websites search URL (ex: https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=%s)
4. Click done

Here are a couple codes that don't follow the basic rule above. Copy and paste the URL into box 3 of the 'manage search engines' section.

• Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s 
• Expedia: https://www.expedia.com/Search-Results?ref=addressbar&q=%s