How to change the search bar settings

The search bar helps you to get to your favorite bookmarks and search results faster. You can customize the default search engine and add many new search engines. 

Instructions:

1. Search bookmarks
2. Switch search engines
3. Set default search engine
4. Set custom search engine
5. Examples of custom search engines

1. Search bookmarks     [back to top]

When you start typing in the search bar, you'll see several results pop up:

1. In the first tab, Google search results.
2. In the second tab, bookmarks from your own pages.
3. In the third tab, results from all publicly shared start.me pages. Click the search button to see the startpages.

2. Switch search engines     [back to top]

If you want to switch the search engine, you click the icon of the current search engine. Select the engine you prefer in the dropdown.

No matter what search engine, you can always search your bookmarks. 

3. Set default search engine     [back to top]

Instructions

1. Click "Search settings" in the dropdown list of search engines
2. Select the preferred search engine in the dropdown "Make this the default search engine."
3. Click Save to confirm.

4. Set custom search engine     [back to top]

Instructions

1. Click "Search settings" in the dropdown list of search engines
2. Click "Add custom search engine."
3. Enter the URL of the search results page and replace the query string with %s.
4. Click Add, and later Done to confirm.

5. Examples of custom search engines     [back to top]

Copy the following addresses, and paste them URL-field, in the Add custom pane. Click Add to confirm.

These are our favorites:

• Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/search?q=%s
• DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com/search?q=%s 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s
• Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%s
• Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/search/photos/%s
• Carrot: http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search?source=web&view=folders&skin=fancy-compact&query=%s&results=100&algorithm=lingo
• Linguee: https://www.linguee.nl/nederlands-engels/search?source=engels&query=%s

For even more examples, read our blog article: https://blog.start.me/updates/search-widget-sorting/