Making Google Search -actually- useful.

Search.md

Within Firefox

Go into settings (hamburger menu in top right by default)

Go into Search (left side, 3rd option)

Scroll to the bottom to see Search Shortcuts

Click Add

IF Add is greyed out

Open a new tab

In the address bar type about:config

Accept the risk

Search browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh This value should be a Boolean & set to true

Close your about:config tab (nothing to save, it does that automatically).

Close your settings tab (we need to re-open it)

Re open a new settings tab, repeat the previous steps

Add a new search engine

Click Add and fill in the following details

• Search Engine Name: google2
• Engine URL, use %s in place of the search term: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

OPTIONALLY You can use https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14&nfpr=1 instead of https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14. The extra nfpr=1 will disable spellcheck/auto-redirect feature.

Click Save Engine

Now scroll to the top of setting page you're on, and select the engine you just created as the default

Congradulations, that is it.

Google Chrome

Open your settings

Go to search

Manage search engines and site search

Add a new engine

Configure the engine

These defaults

• Name: google2
• URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

OPTIONALLY You can use https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14&nfpr=1 instead of https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14. The extra nfpr=1 will disable spellcheck/auto-redirect feature.

Click on those 3 dots by google2, and make it default

Back out

Make sure it says google2 (or what ever you said)

And you're good.