This is a really quick tip that solved a problem I was having. I, like many people, Google everything. Everything! Sometimes I’m sure the top result will suffice, so I hit I’m Feeling Lucky to save precious nano-seconds. I’ve taken to using Google Chrome for my day-to-day browsing, and find myself never needing to use the Google home page any more thanks to its intuitive address bar that handles URLs, history and searching, and even provides suggested search results, just like the Google home page. The one thing the Google home page has that Chrome’s search bar doesn’t? I’m Feeling Lucky.

Well thanks to this poster (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=750d52d4e1a2a835&hl=en#fid_750d52d4e1a2a83500047ea1dc5797e3) I now can! And I wanted to share this handy little tip with more people.

Add new search engines in Google Chrome

Simply open up chrome and go to Options, then under the Basics tab click Manage under the Default search section. Click Add to open the Add Search Engine window. Then type in the Name (I’m Feeling Lucky or whatever you like), set a shortcut key in the Keyword field (I use “\“ for convenience) and paste this into the URL field:

{google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s&btnI

And TAH-DAH! From now on, just hit your shortcut key and you’ll be able to search like this:

I'm Feeling Lucky in Google Chrome

Note that this cool custom search engine also supports Suggested Results! That’s the bit I was really impressed with, and made me want to share this tip. Now go and enjoy your marginally faster searching!