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When I enter a search criteria in the Omnibox, Chrome seems to offer me a blank page instead of completing the search & offering the results.

Note that if I opt for a Google Instant/Omnibox suggestion, it works fine

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However, I choose to ignore the suggestion and try to do a Google search, I get a blank page.

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What can I do make the Omnibox search complete successfully?

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Clearing cache doesn't work.

To solve this problem, disable instant search. This is a widespread issue occurring today, and it appears that is the fix.

It worked for me, I hope it works for you.

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I disabled instant search from Google.com's search settings option, which BTW, does not appear till you first search something (or maybe I can't find it). This solved it. However, enabling Instant Search again seems to keep the problem away and I am no longer facing it.

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This is what fixed it for me:

1. Cleared my cache and cookies for the last week.

Went to: chrome://chrome/settings/ At the bottom of the page you'll see 'Show Advanced Settings' and Clear Browsing data...

2. Deleted Google Drive Extension

Open a new tab, right click on Google Drive Icon and Delete Extension

3. Turned instant search ON (it was originally turned off in my computer)

I suppose turning it off and on again would do the trick...

4. Restarted Browser

The problem is fixed and the omnibar search has been working fine for the last hour. Both instant search ON and OFF work for me...

Cheers

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  • Ok this is weird, the problem is back, but the weirdest thing is that everything works fine if you enter incognito mode...
    – victmo
    Jul 3, 2012 at 5:51
  • no, clear browsing data didn't make any difference for me.
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Jul 3, 2012 at 5:54
  • @Sathya: Did you restart your browser? Like I commented before being downvoted "The problem is back..." but after I restarted it's working again...
    – victmo
    Jul 3, 2012 at 6:34
  • @Sathya Some users are reporting that just enabling and disabling extensions work for them...
    – victmo
    Jul 3, 2012 at 6:54
  • for me it was the turn off/on instant which seemed to have worked - thanks for editing in your answer with some possible options
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Jul 3, 2012 at 7:12
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Wow all that extra stuff. All you need to do:

Add a new a search engine in wrench >> settings >> search “Manage Search Engines”.

Under “other search engines” add a new search engine using this address for the URL:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Name it “Google 2″ or whatever you want. Works like a charm.

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    Chrome team member and Omnibox owner has mentioned you should not do this news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4192779
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Jul 3, 2012 at 13:43
  • Well, they should publish a fix that works, then. My GFs laptop still does this randomly. I've tried everything. Reinstalling Chrome, disabling/uninstalling all extensions, deleting history (can't keep doing that...), plus a whole lot more. This workaround is the only thing that works consistently. Feb 6, 2017 at 15:35
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Another option is go to setting-searchengine and select google and change .com to your country. In my case changing it to NL solved to issue.

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