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Jul 08
Written by andi | 8,638 views 1 Comment »

Reset Default Search Engine for Firefox Address Bar

Today, when typing keyword at firefox address bar, i got search result from bing. This happen after installing some stuff from windows live. There are reasons why i wanna keep google as my default search engine, for example google will redirect me to address which most related to my keyword.

  • Entering keyword The Stranger

firefox_address_bar

  • Here is search result using bing

firefox_bing_result

Here is a few step to set google as default search engine for address bar :

  • Open new tab, and type about:config

firefox_about_config

  • If you find warning like below, just click the button

firefox_about_config_warning

  • On the filter, type keword.url

firefox_keyword_url_filter

  • On the list, right click keyword.url, and click reset

firefox_keyword_url_before

  • Here is the result after reset

firefox_keyword_url_after

  • And, here is the result with keyword the stranger. It’s redirect me to thestranger.com, Google knows what i mean :)

firefox_thestranger

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