Hey Folks,

You are totally “Googlefied” when you use Gmail as your email client, Google reader as RSS reader web application and Google Buzz for updating your social network accounts. But there is a reward which Google has to offered for its loyal users and the reward is called “ease of usage”. An example of this easiness is performing search in these application right from one place and that is Google chrome browser.

Yes, this is right, you can search Gmail inbox, Google reader and Google buzz from chrome browser. Apparently, as long as you are signed into these application(s). Let me show you how you can add these search engines to your browser and search these applications for content without having to actually open them.

Search Gmail from Chrome :

1. Open Chrome.

2. Right-click the address bar and select Edit search engines.

3. Click the Add button.

4. Input  Name as Gmail, keyword as gmail and use the following for the URL box:

https://mail.google.com/mail/#search/%s

To start searching, type “gmail” and press tab it will show “Search Gmail” (see the image below) in the address bar, now type the keyword to search.

gmail search chrome thumb Now search gmail, google reader and buzz from the chrome browser

Search Google Reader from Chrome :

Repeat the above 3 steps. (see the image below)

searchengine chrome thumb Now search gmail, google reader and buzz from the chrome browser

4. Input  Name as Google Reader, keyword as reader and use the following for the URL box:

https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#search/%s

To start searching, type “reader” and press tab key it will show “Search Google Reader” in the address bar, now type the keyword to search.

Search Buzz from Chrome :

Repeat the above 3 steps. (see the image below)
searchengine chrome1 300x196 Now search gmail, google reader and buzz from the chrome browser

4. Input  Name as Google Buzz, keyword as buzz and use the following for the URL box:

https://mail.google.com/mail/#buzz/search/%s

To start searching, type “buzz” and press tab it will show “Search Google Buzz” in the address bar, now type the keyword to search.

Happy Searchingto you.

Stay Digified !!
Sachin Khosla

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