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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you're sticking with google, a better way is to change your default search engine to https://www.google.com/search?q=%25s&udm=14 (at least on Firefox. May need to change %s to something else on a different browser). Loads up an entirely separate search page to the main one.

*FF doesn't like it, but I can't get Lemmy to leave out the erroneous 25 in the middle of %s, so make sure to edit that out. Sorry.

[–] kali_fornication@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm on firefox and that loaded a google search for %s

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I'm guessing you put it in the search bar as is? You need to go into settings and add a custom search engine in the Search Shortcuts section. I also noticed FF doesn't format the %25s like I thought it would, so make sure to edit it to just %s.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Udm14.com is a redirect for that as well