3 Step guide into installing a new Google search engine in your Firefox or Internet Explorer browser.

I am using Firefox as my primary browser for many different reasons. I think it is doing a good job and I like the way it is possible to extent its features by installing new plugins.

However – there is one thing, that has bothered me for a long time now. There is no simple way (as far as I have found) to change which country the internal google search uses. The default is google.com and there is no obvious way of changing this.

The only way I have found to do this, is either by editing some xml configuration files, but this does not seem like “the right way” to do this.

So I decided to make my own search engine thingy and have afterwards made this small tool below for easier updating.

There is 3 steps into installing a new google search engine.

Step 1 – Choose which google engine to install
Step 2 – Install the new search engine in the top search field
Step 3 – Select the new search engine

Step 1:

If you would like to define your own search parameters sent to google, simply copy/paste your search url below:

Step 2:

Go to the google toolbar in your browser (this is tested with Firefox and Internet Explorer) and there will be an option, where it is possible to install the new search engine:

I’m currently browsing from a Firefox with Danish localization, but it will of course say “Add” or something similiar in the language you are running.

Click the install section and we are ready to go.

Step 3:

The final step is to select the newly installed search engine.

That’s it

I hope this small tool is usefull to you. Please post a comment below.