
Yes, blog fans, it's time for another post about your host's favorite browser.
The latest episode is that for the longest time, I couldn't find out why in the world some of my search engines in Chrome just weren't cutting the mustard.
However, after much (and believe me, when I say "much," I mean a lot of) snooping and searching of my own feelings, I stumbled upon the simple answer: I wasn't adding a required "s" to some engine URLs!
So if you've been searching the Web asking, "Why won't my Chrome search engines work?!" You may want to try adding an s to your %.
What?
Time for a little Web lesson courtesy of the C.A.
When you go to www.google.com to perform a search for "Cougar Abogado" your search will actually look like this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=cougar+abogado&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=. Amazing, isn't it?
Another example is that to search for a translation on SpanishDict.com, the query syntax goes as follows: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/

Now, since I can add SpanishDict as a custom search engine, I just add the same URL . . ./translate/ but this time I add "%s" to the end to tell Spanish Dict to replace the "%s" with whatever I enter as my search term(s).
(Mind you, I'm alluding to when I right click the address bar in Chrome and select "Edit Search Engines," then "Add," and finally I paste the search URL right into the text box that says "URL:" Make sense?)

Yes, together with Google, Chrome, and a little %s, we can rule the galaxy as search engine and Web users. (Search your feelings, you know it to be true!)
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