I have noticed that certain websites (e.g. Stack Exchange sites, Dell, etc.) are automatically added to my list of search engines in Google Chrome.
They even add a keyboard shortcut to their entry. Here are some examples:
- Dell: Keyboard -> Dell.com
- Stack Exchange Web masters: Keyboard -> webmasters.stackexchange.com
- Reuters: Keyboard -> reuters.com
Q1: Is this the default behavior in Chrome? (to let websites add themselves to the list of search engines?)
Q2: Is it possible to disable this behavior in Chrome?
Note: I'm running the latest version of Chrome: 11.0.696.57 on Windows 7 64, and I only have one extension installed: Google URL shortener.
Best Answer
Thanks to @10basetom's code and inspired by @shthed, I've released the Don't add custom search engines Chrome extension which does just that.
You'll find the source code here.
Let me know what you think!