{"id":1275,"date":"2011-04-13T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2016-06-02T22:00:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T03:00:40","slug":"how-to-set-google-ssl-search-as-your-default-search-engine-in-chrome-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/how-to-set-google-ssl-search-as-your-default-search-engine-in-chrome-os\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Google SSL Search as Your Default Search Engine in Chrome OS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today I was at Which Wich<\/a> with my Cr-48, but using Freebird’s<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0WiFi. I didn’t have a problem with browsing the web, because most of my stuff was through Google Services and was over SSL. Everything except Search itself.<\/p>\n

I started poking around to see what happens if you force https on a Google Search, and it turns out you’re redirected to:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/encrypted.google.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then I wondered how to make this my default search engine without the use of plugins. It turns out it’s very simple.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Do a Google Search using the above URL, and you’ll notice the basic format is:\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/encrypted.google.com\/search?<\/strong><insert-a-bunch-of-parameters<\/a>>&q=<query><\/strong>. We are just interested in the bolded part of that fake URL:\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/encrypted.google.com\/search?q=<query><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. In Chrome OS, click the Wrench<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0menu, click Options<\/strong>, then go to Basics<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0and find the Search<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0section. Click on Manage search engines…<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0button.<\/li>\n
  3. You’ll get a window with all the Search Engines that your Chrome OS knows about. At the bottom of the “Other search engines” list, you’ll see a row for adding a new search engine.\n
      \n
    1. In “Add a new search engine<\/strong>“, put something like: Google SSL<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. In “Keyword<\/strong>“, put something like: encrypted.google.com<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. In “URL with %s in place of query<\/strong>“, put\u00c2\u00a0the URL we made from above:\u00c2\u00a0https:\/\/encrypted.google.com\/search?q=%s<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. Hit Enter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    5. Hover over the newly created search engine entry, and click Make Default<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0when the button appears over the URL column.<\/li>\n
    6. Then try out a new search in the Omnibox and it should be SSL’d through Google’s SSL Beta search service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      That’s all there is to it. You can add more search parameters if you like via the Google Search parameter documentation<\/a>. Also, you can (and should) perform the same steps on your desktop version of Chrome Browser as well. Sorry I don’t have any screenshots of it actually in action on Chrome OS – I haven’t found a decent screenshot tool that lets me capture the UI of Chrome outside of the web pages.<\/p>\n

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      A simple solution to forcing all your Google Searches to be done over HTTPS on your Chrome browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[506,707,528,3],"tags":[689,860,853,854,77,856,858,855,857,859],"class_list":["post-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-living-in-the-cloud-cloud-computing-concepts","category-security-tech","category-tech","tag-chrome-os","tag-chrome-os-ssl-search","tag-chromeos","tag-cr48","tag-google","tag-google-search","tag-google-ssl","tag-google-ssl-search","tag-ssl","tag-ssl-search"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4634619615_a58c1af0de1.jpg?fit=500%2C264&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prOO4-kz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1309,"url":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/4-steps-to-lock-safesearch-on-google-search-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":1275,"position":0},"title":"4 Steps to Lock SafeSearch on Google search results","author":"[[Neo]]","date":"April 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"4 simple steps to Lock the Google SafeSearch settings to Strict using your Google Account, so explicit material never shows up in your results.","rel":"","context":"In "How To"","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Google-s-SafeSearch-Setting-Can-Now-Be-Locked-21.jpg?fit=350%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1086,"url":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/my-favorite-google-chrome-os-extensions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1275,"position":1},"title":"My favorite Google Chrome OS extensions","author":"[[Neo]]","date":"February 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After 2 months of Chrome OS daily use, I've compiled a list of plugins a web developer & casual social network engineer should use.","rel":"","context":"In "Cloud Computing"","block_context":{"text":"Cloud Computing","link":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/category\/cloud-computing-concepts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Google Chrome OS Logo - Source: doobybrain.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/google-chrome-OS-logo1-150x113.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1472,"url":"https:\/\/thepizzy.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/how-to-set-up-chromeadb\/","url_meta":{"origin":1275,"position":2},"title":"How to set up ChromeADB on Windows","author":"[[Neo]]","date":"January 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a fan of Chrome, and a Google Glass Explorer, you may find the ChromeADB Chrome WebStore App will alter the way you view your Google Glass, and see it more of an Android Device and less of a little magic piece of plastic. 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