Chrome omnibox behavior

Question

In my corporate network, to access an intranet site like "ABC.COMPANY.COM", we just type "ABC" in the firefox/IE address bar and press enter. Since we are inside the "COMPANY.COM" domain, the browser takes us to "ABC.COMPANY.COM".

But the behavior of Chrome omnibox is sort of annoying. It Google searches for "ABC" rather than taking us to the site. Any tips to go to "ABC.COMPANY.COM" instead without typing the whole address?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Simple. Say your company's site URL is extremely awkward or messy. Assume the TLD is

stupid-url-ev.er    

But, the actual intranet site is located at the following URL: https://abc.the_company.with_the_longest_and_most-frustratingly.stupid-url.ev.er/intranet_homer.aspx/?q="node_5"

It's not so fun anymore, is it?

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In Chrome's address bar/Omnibox, enter:

chrome://settings/searchEngines

This should bring up a list of search engines and their query strings. At the bottom of the list should be three blank input boxes for adding a custom search engine.

They are for:

1. search engine title (1)

2. earch engine base URL (2), the latter of which is actually an alias for

3. the full search query URL string (3).

Now,

Simply enter:

1. Any name/title you want - it's trivial.

2. Your preferred keyword - abc, say.

3. The full URL, in our example, https://abc.the_company.with_the_longest_and_most-frustratingly.stupid-url.ev.er/intranet_homer.aspx/?q="node_5

Click Done to save it. And there's your custom keyword ready to go.