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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

If you're sticking with google, a better way is to change your default search engine to https://www.google.com/search?q=%25s&udm=14 (at least on Firefox. May need to change %s to something else on a different browser). Loads up an entirely separate search page to the main one.

*FF doesn't like it, but I can't get Lemmy to leave out the erroneous 25 in the middle of %s, so make sure to edit that out. Sorry.

[–] kali_fornication@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i'm on firefox and that loaded a google search for %s

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm guessing you put it in the search bar as is? You need to go into settings and add a custom search engine in the Search Shortcuts section. I also noticed FF doesn't format the %25s like I thought it would, so make sure to edit it to just %s.