Tip of the day: Add Google (and more) to the IE7 search box

Internet Explorer, Tips 1 Minute

Using IE7? Go here:

Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer 7

Click the Google link.

Click Add Provider. (Click the optional checkbox to set this as your default search page if that’s your pleasure.)

There, you’re done.

I’ve also added Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, and CNET to my list.

Took about 15 seconds, total.

I could add a custom search link to this site, I suppose.

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4 thoughts on “Tip of the day: Add Google (and more) to the IE7 search box”

  1. There’s a really easy way to add a custom search provider to ie7. The website enhanceie.com has a nice web interface where you can send a special query to a search engine, copy the resulting URL and the web interface will create a search provider based on that info. It has a few problems, but for the most part makes it very simple

    The URL for that page is:
    http://www.enhanceie.com/IE/SearchBuilder.asp

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