Change Firefox’s default search engine
I recently installed yahoo messenger, and in doing so the damn thing set yahoo as the default search engine for firefox. I will have none of that.
Here’s how to change it back to google:
- Go to about:config
- Search for keyword.URL
- Change the value to http://www.google.com/search?q=
In Firefox 5.0.1
Apparently very simple, if what I’ve just done has a lasting effect:
- click on the down-pointing arrowhead to the right of the search icon in the search bar (this reveals a list of installed searches and ‘Manage search engines…’),
- double-click on the engine you want as default,
- done!