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It seems that the only site on the web that is unavailable for search via Chrome's omnibar is Google's own Maps. Is there any way I could teach the omnibar to search Google Maps?
Nikolai Prokoschenko
Posted 2012-01-05T14:08:19.917
Reputation: 711
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You'll have to add a custom search engine. Click on Chrome Menu → Options → Basics → Manage Search Engines. Under Add other search engine, add the following:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/%sNow, type maps (and hit tab) followed by the keyword will search for the keyword in Google Maps.
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Sathyajith Bhat
Posted 2012-01-05T14:08:19.917
Reputation: 58 436
4Any idea why Chrome can't just autodetect this one, like it does with all other search pages? – Thomas Ahle – 2014-11-04T16:30:02.800
Thomas, Unless I'm mistaken the problem is that Google Maps doesn't support OpenSearch. – geppy – 2014-12-10T16:36:09.573
Is there any way this could be parameterized to enable searching github issues for any repo from the omnibar? – Kiara Grouwstra – 2017-01-22T04:49:39.337
See my answer--just removing the old entry may be preferable, if applicable – mpowered – 2018-09-14T23:30:55.337
4A small comment on this one: setting keyword to "maps.google.com" is more like the original automatic omnibar behaviour. Thanks! – Nikolai Prokoschenko – 2012-01-05T15:00:40.563
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In my case, this was because there was a custom search engine from ages ago.
maps.google.com in the (inner) search boxNext time I searched on Google Maps, everything started working as expected.
mpowered
Posted 2012-01-05T14:08:19.917
Reputation: 101
I was searching for the general case of how to add a search provider. I didn't find this until figuring it out on my own and searching for the now known keywords (
add search manage engine chrome tab). My original search (add search provider chrome), was no help. Would you and @Sathya mind generalizing this QA? – Louis – 2015-06-18T05:47:58.947