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It seems that the only site on the web that is unavailable for search via Chrome's omnibar is Google's own Maps. Is there any way I could teach the omnibar to search Google Maps?

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  • I was searching for the general case of how to add a search provider. I didn't find this until figuring it out on my own and searching for the now known keywords (add search manage engine chrome tab). My original search (add search provider chrome), was no help. Would you and @Sathya mind generalizing this QA? Jun 18, 2015 at 5:47

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You'll have to add a custom search engine. Click on Chrome Menu → Options → Basics → Manage Search Engines. Under Add other search engine, add the following:

  • Name: Google Maps
  • keyword: maps.google.com
  • URL: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%s

Now, type maps (and hit tab) followed by the keyword will search for the keyword in Google Maps.

1: Screenshot of entered search engine

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    A small comment on this one: setting keyword to "maps.google.com" is more like the original automatic omnibar behaviour. Thanks! Jan 5, 2012 at 15:00
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    Any idea why Chrome can't just autodetect this one, like it does with all other search pages? Nov 4, 2014 at 16:30
  • Thomas, Unless I'm mistaken the problem is that Google Maps doesn't support OpenSearch.
    – geppy
    Dec 10, 2014 at 16:36
  • Is there any way this could be parameterized to enable searching github issues for any repo from the omnibar? Jan 22, 2017 at 4:49
  • See my answer--just removing the old entry may be preferable, if applicable
    – mpowered
    Sep 14, 2018 at 23:30
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In my case, this was because there was a custom search engine from ages ago.

  • Go to custom search engines (Chrome Menu → Settings → Search Engine → Manage Search Engines)
  • Scroll to or find maps.google.com in the (inner) search box
  • Click the more button on the far right
  • Click "Remove from list"

Next time I searched on Google Maps, everything started working as expected.

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